Re: ssh won't work through router/firewall

From: pt (mnemotronic_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 04/27/04


Date: 26 Apr 2004 20:28:35 -0700


"David Stites" <david@dstites.net.invalid> wrote in message news:<vN4jc.42082$G_.30643@nwrddc02.gnilink.net>...
> "pt" <mnemotronic@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:da662010.0404252124.89b996c@posting.google.com...
> > I have a RHL 9 box I'm trying to ssh to (eventually from work). From

[snip]

>
> You can't connect to your WAN address from inside your LAN. Try it from the
> outside.

Actually, once I got the hosts file straight, it does. Which makes
sense. The router's WAN IP address is just another public IP address.
 When SSH packets come at it, it forwards them to the linux box, which
does the work.

[tp@turkey tp]$ ssh -l tp 24.8.x.y
tp@24.8.x.y's password:
Last login: Mon Apr 26 21:24:34 2004 from
c-24-8-x-y.client.comcast.net
[tp@turkey tp]$



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