From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 9 Aug 2001 22:03:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 9 Aug 2001 22:03:33 -0400 Received: from james.kalifornia.com ([208.179.59.2]:44912 "EHLO james.kalifornia.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 9 Aug 2001 22:03:30 -0400 Message-ID: <3B7340EA.5050507@blue-labs.org> Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2001 22:03:22 -0400 From: David Ford User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.3) Gecko/20010801 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rainer Mager CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [somewhat OT] connecting to a box behind a NAT router In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-2022-JP Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Yes, if you use ssh+pppd you can such a thing. Standard routing, no, the NAT make it unusable. What I would have done (as I do for my home network, is make a linux router and use a standard *DSL modem. Much better all around. -d Rainer Mager wrote: >Hi all, > > I'm about to get ADSL installed for my home Internet connection and have >chosen to do this via an ADSL router (as opposed to a modem). The router >will have a static/global IP address but everything behind it will be >connecting through the router via NAT. So, my question is, is there any way >to get into (telnet or ssh) my box behind the router from outside? > Is there some sort of tunneling protocol/tool to do this? If so, what >happens if I want to connect two boxes is the same situation (behind NAT >routers)? Is is still possible? Is is interoperable with Windows and Linux? > > Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. > > >Thanks in advance, > >--Rainer > >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >