[ale] DSL static IP

[Jeremy T. Bouse]

Paul Cartwright wrote:
> On Wednesday 04 July 2007 03:25:55 pm Jim wrote:
>> Here's how I do it.  I have a westell modem and I configured it to
>> forward port 22 to 192.168.1.97, which is the IP address that my Linksys
>> is using to communicate with the Westell.  In the Linksys, I forward
>> port 22 to 192.168.2.55, which is one of my servers running sshd.  Now
>> when I connect to my static IP address, ssh 123.123.12.21 (phoney) from
>> my motel room using the laptop, I get directly into the .55 system.  I
>> access the Westell locally (from the .55 machine) by
>> http://192.168.1.254.  I think I access the Linksys from 192.168.2.1.
>>
>> That works for me.  I can't help you find the place to forward the
>> Netgear router, but on the Westell, I enter export mode (must have
>> javascript on to do this)/Configure/Nat
>> There's a dropdown selection box you'll find "SSH Secure Shell".  Edit
>> that and add the destination (192.168.2.55 in my case).
> 
> THAT's what I'm looking for.. exactly what I want to do.
> so you just use ssh, not vpn, but I imagine vpn would work very similar..
> at least with that setup I could use putty or winscp to get to my home box.
> 
> thanks!
> 

	Actually if you have the Westell black box modem, I've found it more
stable to put it into bridged ethernet mode and let the
Linksys/D-Link/Netgear box terminate the PPPoE connection. Besides it's
a lot less convoluted than having to double DNAT the connection.