From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 14 12:49:28 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0D2116A4CE; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 12:49:28 +0000 (GMT) Received: from exchange.sandvine.com (sandvine.com [199.243.201.138]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7475543D39; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 12:49:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nmahendran@SANDVINE.com) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6556.0 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 08:49:25 -0400 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Quick and simple ssh(1) question Thread-Index: AcSZ5ffiAy54LG3KRkueJlFtnmnU+AAcv7gg From: "Nimalan Mahendran" To: "Mark Ovens" , Subject: RE: Quick and simple ssh(1) question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 12:49:29 -0000 > Most likely your router is configured to only forward connections that > come from the outside. >=20 As I said, it was only a test and I was hoping that by using the=20 router's external hostname it would "simulate" an external connection,=20 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. >=20 I don't have access to one until I get to work tomorrow which was why I=20 was trying to simulate it - whilst I have the target machine in front of = me. ---------- This can be simulated at home by sshing into a host outside of your LAN = (I used one of the hosts at my university) and then sshing back into = your own machine. Maybe you can ssh into work and then back again ;) Or = somewhere else outside your LAN.. Nimalan Mahendran Tools Group Direct - 519-880-2400 ext. 2756 www.sandvine.com