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,
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