[Tfug] ip question

[Michael Stenner]

On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 02:29:30PM -0700, Ranjan Grover wrote:
> I'm trying to access my home computer from work using ssh. I'd tried to  
> find the ip address at home using ifconfig and I got a 192.168.x.y address  
> whcih I
> later found to be a private network default IP. I looked up my IP address  
> online by going to whatismyipaddress.com and I got a completely different  
> address.
> I couldn't connect to my home computer using this IP address either. I  
> know that the sshd daemon is running with the same parameters on both my  
> home and lab
> PCs. Is there something else I'm missing here?

Hi Ranjan, I replied to your earlier post but it looks like you didn't
get it.  I'm sending this one to both you AND the list.  You are
behind some sort of firewall/router.  There's no simple way for you to
ssh back into your box.  You either need something like a VPM (google
for it to get started) or you need to get in front of that firewall.
Depending on how well you know the folks that put it there, that may
not be a problem.  Now, if it was actually YOU that put it there (did
you buy a little lynksys device at best buy for hooking up multiple
computers to your DSL/cable?) then you might be in better shape.  In
that case, you may be able to simply set up port-forwarding.

					-Michael
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