dyndns and the last hop - trying to set up ssh access to a machine on my LAN

[Gene Heskett]

On Saturday 25 November 2006 02:38, Claude Jones wrote:
>My scenario:
>I'm on Verizon DSL using a Westell DSL modem which is configured in
> 'bridge' mode
>Behind that is a Linksys WRT54G which is getting a dynamically assigned
> IP address from Verizon
>Behind the Linksys is my home LAN
>
>I want to have ssh access to my Linux box from the outside
>
>I went to dyndns and set up an account, and that seems to be working
>If I ping the address I gave myself, it resolves to the correct IP
> address which is the dynamic IP assigned to my Linksys router. I
> discovered the ddns feature in the Linksys configuration and set that
> up - it successfully contacted dyndns and dynamically updated my
> correct IP address.
>
>Now, I'm stuck. How to get that last hop from my Linksys to my machine
> inside?
>
>Presumably, there's some setting in the Linksys to allow SSH, and then,
> I have to somehow route requests for SSH to my local machine. Can
> someone help me on this? I noticed  when setting up my host in dyndns
> that there was a wildcard setting, so I could set up a host, say
> 'claudejones.dyndns.org' and then, if wildcars were allowed, then
> 'computer1.claudejones.dns.org' could be resolved. Is this part of the
> puzzle? Do I use my computer name in front of the host name I set up,
> and allow wildcards in the dyndns configuration? Or is this all wrong?

See your linksys menu for port forwarding Claude, it s/b self explanatory 
from there.  I'd also see how long it takes john the ripper to find your 
passwords.  Make them difficult just for peace of mind.  However I have 
no experience with dyndns so I won't advise on that.

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