Setting up Linksys WRT54GL for Remote Server

[Les Mikesell]

Dave Ihnat wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 12:59:04PM -0600, Les Mikesell wrote:
>> You probably only have one public IP so you can port-forward port 22 to  
>> only one inside address.  You can pick a different port to forward to  
>> port 22 on the other box - or if you want more convenient access, set up  
>> something like openvpn between the private networks behind the routers.
> 
> I've done this often when dealing with retail-grade router/firewalls
> that don't allow VPN termination at the device.  I can't recall if the
> WRT54GL allows for port mapping, though--which you need for the scheme
> mentioned above.  It's not really a problem, though; just have the
> second machine listen on a different port, and forward the same port.

I haven't tried it, but I believe the WRT54GL is one of several that can 
have the firmware replaced with a free linux version that includes 
openvpn and other tools.

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   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell at gmail.com