[ale] DSL static IP

[Paul Cartwright]

On Wednesday 04 July 2007 03:25:55 pm Jim wrote:
> Here's how I do it. ?I have a westell modem and I configured it to
> forward port 22 to 192.168.1.97, which is the IP address that my Linksys
> is using to communicate with the Westell. ?In the Linksys, I forward
> port 22 to 192.168.2.55, which is one of my servers running sshd. ?Now
> when I connect to my static IP address, ssh 123.123.12.21 (phoney) from
> my motel room using the laptop, I get directly into the .55 system. ?I
> access the Westell locally (from the .55 machine) by
> http://192.168.1.254. ?I think I access the Linksys from 192.168.2.1.
>
> That works for me. ?I can't help you find the place to forward the
> Netgear router, but on the Westell, I enter export mode (must have
> javascript on to do this)/Configure/Nat
> There's a dropdown selection box you'll find "SSH Secure Shell". ?Edit
> that and add the destination (192.168.2.55 in my case).

THAT's what I'm looking for.. exactly what I want to do.
so you just use ssh, not vpn, but I imagine vpn would work very similar..
at least with that setup I could use putty or winscp to get to my home box.

thanks!

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Paul Cartwright
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