That's what I suspected. Yes I am trying to use the WAN IP from
_within_ my LAN to simulate connecting from work.
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 8:29 PM, John <
jharitos@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Are you trying to connect using the WAN IP from the LAN? I don't think it'll work as I can't connect from one computer to another based on my IP when I'm on the LAN but when I'm away it works. You could also use something like no-ip.biz and it'll keep up with the IP changes that way you just need to enter.
>
> $ssh username@whatever.no-ip.biz
>
>
> --- On Mon, 11/17/08, Mike Hoy <mhoy06@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Mike Hoy <mhoy06@gmail.com>
>> Subject: ssh problems
>> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
>> Date: Monday, November 17, 2008, 8:44 PM
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just set up ssh server on this computer and was able to
>> connect like this:
>>
>> ssh localhost
>>
>> and from my laptop connected to the same router like this
>>
>> ssh username@192.168.1.100
>>
>> Now I take it that I'm going to need my real ip address
>> so I tried
>> that and I got
>>
>> ssh: connect to host IP_ADDRESS port 22: Connection refused
>>
>> I thought it may have something to do with my router so I
>> forwarded
>> port 22 to this machine and same error. Any thoughts as to
>> what's
>> going on? I need to be able to connect to this machine from
>> work
>> tomorrow.
>>
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