Once upon a time, Bill Oliver <vendor(a)billoblog.com> said:
On Fri, 2024-03-22 at 10:09 -0600, Sbob wrote:
> All
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> I have 2 laptops I need to connect for testing / coding via ssh, if I
> connect each to the hotel wifi I cannot connect across laptops with
> ssh,
> If I grab a wifi router and connect it to the hotel wifi and use the
> router's wifi will this work?
>
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> would it also work with a simple wifi extender?
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> Thanks for any advice
> --
I have, in the past, successfully gotten around firewalls that only
allow http/https on tcp by setting the port for ssh to 80,8080,443 or
8443. I haven't tried it in a few years, though. I've heard that some
systems can inspect packets well enough to discern ssh on port 80, but
that never happened to me.
For a lot of "public" wifi networks, it's not even a firewall, it's
that
the access points are set to client isolation mode (so the AP only
allows clients to talk to the gateway). It's basically an extra
security layer on their part to keep customer A from causing problems
for customer B.
So then you do need your own access point/router. On newer Android
devices, you can re-share the wifi with hotspot mode, so don't need any
additional equipment.
--
Chris Adams <linux(a)cmadams.net>