[RndTbl] trying to set up ssh at home

[Robert Keizer]

Kat wrote:
> Hi folks!
>
> My new understanding of networking is coming along, but still a little 
> shaky.  I have been trying to set up ssh to work on my home machine 
> because I want to practice Linux stuff and access my PC if I happen to 
> be away from home on the weekends. 
>
> I've installed OpenSSH with success, and from my local machine I can 
> "ssh localhost" with success (127.0.0.1 works too, of course)
>
> The problem is I am trying
> ssh (my ip)
> and I get "Connection refused". 
>
> This happens both from my parents' machine (in another town - Go Mom 
> for downloading and running putty), and from my own (that ssh is 
> running on).
>
> I suspect the problem has to do with my router, either regarding my 
> rather prudent settings (LAN connection must be authenticated, *and* 
> have a whitelisted MAC address), or more likely, I am missing 
> something in setup to allow incoming connections that get forwarded to 
> my specific machine.  This is where my understanding falls apart at 
> the moment... help?
>
> I've got a linksys/cisco wrt120n
> local IP 192.168.1.100
> local router IP 192.168.1.1
>
> internet IP in the 24.something range :)
>
> Let me know if more info is required.
>
> Thanks!
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Katherine Scrupa
> Network Technology CCNA student, RRC
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You need to login to the router web interface and enable port forwarding 
to 192.168.1.100, on port 22 tcp. You also might be interested in using 
a dynamic dns service, such as dnydns.org.

All the best,
Robert