From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1Es72c-0001bV-Bm for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 29 Dec 2005 23:18:38 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jBTNGPUK000493; Thu, 29 Dec 2005 23:16:25 GMT Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.199]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jBTNDaAI007091 for ; Thu, 29 Dec 2005 23:13:36 GMT Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i11so1322746nzi for ; Thu, 29 Dec 2005 15:13:36 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=DbVlgxY0Ik/aXvnQH27zQ0BbiK0y7iSKvmY8YxjfK1p4w3c8gqP8qzvSsYaT2vuxwbiXWzqEMy3I1sptaRnskYcGFWkAMC4dKNz810mCLwWmzljQJkUnzros0j8OLgyFi3E/yMGyNPrZVFS5rUEBqUqi48s1aTV4MZJNdPez8s0= Received: by 10.65.216.14 with SMTP id t14mr2388926qbq; Thu, 29 Dec 2005 15:13:36 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.65.254.13 with HTTP; Thu, 29 Dec 2005 15:13:35 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <49bf44f10512291513v16da0448y24600cdc45a3542b@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 15:13:35 -0800 From: Grant To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Reaching my network over the internet In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline References: <49bf44f10510160959n7407c97bj882784795fa2a9e8@mail.gmail.com> <20051017141649.8FB0.NICK@rout.co.nz> <49bf44f10512290928l38832c06oc3564ce060c442d3@mail.gmail.com> <49bf44f10512291430x1e9343ffod8ceedbc20f10818@mail.gmail.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by robin.gentoo.org id jBTNDaAI007091 X-Archives-Salt: 0871ed8f-6f55-4277-9f90-833813141aa3 X-Archives-Hash: 927f52a1f0c2c682f9584e88c2a0fef2 > >> How is your network connected to the internet? > >> > >> http://www.google.com/search?ie=utf8&oe=utf8&q=port+forwarding > >> > >> The first link looks fairly useful. > >> > >> Stroller. > > > > That helped a lot. I have a high-number port on the router forwarding > > to one of my systems. How can I access the forwarded-to service from > > a random point on the Internet? I need something static to represent > > my router on the Internet. I've tried using the IP address that is > > used for me externally when I'm browsing but it doesn't work. I use > > cable internet service and I think that IP address is used for many > > different customers. > > I have heard of ISPs NATting their customers, but I think it would be > pretty unusual these days. Does the high-port forwad to port 22 on > your PC? Or is the PC listening for ssh? See /etc/ssh/sshd_config for > that one. > > How are you testing ssh'ing to your external IP address? Doing so > from inside the LAN won't work - you're better port-scanning yourself > by visiting Shields Up! at http://grc.com > > You can get a hostname which will resolve to your dynamic IP at > http://dyndns.com - there are some free utilities which you can run > to do the updating. > > Stroller. I had that screwed up. I was using /etc/ssh/ssh_config instead of sshd_config. So I should leave ssh_config alone? Working great now! - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list