Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 00:00:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Jaime Kikpole <jaime@malkav.snowmoon.com> To: imsleepy <imsleepy@earthlink.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: connecting to computers behind a firewall Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910062358020.40725-100000@malkav.snowmoon.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910062033490.11295-100000@muffin.fshcrkr.com>
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On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, imsleepy wrote: > on my "server" computer i have freebsd running with ppp -alias -ddial, and > i was wondering if there is any way to have people connect to computers on > my local network from outside without having to telnet to the server, then > telnet to a particular local computer. i dont mind reading up on this, im > just not quite sure where to look. > thanks Check out the ppp man page. I remember something in there about port forwarding. This would allow you to set up, for example, port 8888 on your dialing computer to do nothing but forward packets to an internal computer's port 23. Then someone could "telnet dialing.computer.dns 8888". Jaime To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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