Quick and simple ssh(1) question
Mark Ovens
marko at freebsd.org
Mon Sep 13 16:03:53 PDT 2004
Erik Trulsson wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 10:15:47PM +0100, Mark Ovens wrote:
>> Is it correct that you can't ssh(1) between two machines on the same LAN
>> (using NAT) _via the Internet?_
>
> What do you mean 'via the Internet'? If both machines are on the same
> LAN any connections between them will never go outside the LAN, and
> thus never go near the Internet.
>
>>
>> Strange question I know, but I need to be able to access one of my
>> machines, postie, remotely. I've got sshd(8) running and can ssh(1) to
>> it from a local machine using it's local hostname. However, since I only
>> have a single 'net connection here I tried to test connecting remotely
>> by ssh(1)'ing to my router's 'net-facing hostname but I get
>>
>> ssh: connect to host <router_hostname> port 22: Connection refused
>>
>> Port 22 is forwarded to postie on the router.
>
> Most likely your router is configured to only forward connections that
> come from the outside.
>
As I said, it was only a test and I was hoping that by using the
router's external hostname it would "simulate" an external connection,
obviously it doesn't.
> Does it work to access 'postie' via ssh from some machine that is
> *actually* on the outside? If it does, then it is the configuration of
> your router which is not doing what you want it to.
>
I don't have access to one until I get to work tomorrow which was why I
was trying to simulate it - whilst I have the target machine in front of me.
Thanks for the reply.
Regards,
Mark
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