Access from outside

[Jim]

John Aldrich wrote:
> On Tuesday 06 January 2009, Stephen Berg (Contractor) wrote:
>   
>> John Aldrich wrote:
>>     
>>> Ok. I managed to *briefly* connect with my machine from outside. I
>>> still think there's something "hinky" about my config since I
>>> installed F10. It *was* working on FC6, and I wiped and reinstalled
>>> F10. Now, I can SSH in from my wife's XP box on the LAN, but I can't
>>> SSH in from outside, either on port 22 or the non-standard port I
>>> configured to make things more difficult for hackers (port number is
>>> in excess of 2000).
>>>
>>> I can SSH in from inside the LAN on either the standard port or the
>>> non-standard port, but I cannot access my machine from outside.
>>>
>>> I've tried several things, but none of them seem to work. Any
>>> suggestions where to look?
>>>       
>> Got a router in the mix there?  If you changed the port that ssh answers
>> on you'll need to set the router to port forward incoming port 22
>> connections to your non-standard port.
>>
>>     
> Yup. I got a Netgear ISDN router. I had it set to forward *only* the non-
> standard port, but for some reason that doesn't appear to be working. 
> However, I got into the router and re-enabled the port 22 forward and it's 
> working now. I don't like having that port enabled though, so I'm going to 
> have to play with it and see if I can't get the non-standard port working 
> again... funny thing, it *was* working in FC6. I think I'll back up the 
> current sshd_config and copy the one from FC6 in and see if that makes a 
> difference.
>
>
>   
You have to have your router on "Port Forwarding" to get to your PC from 
the outside. Your router is acting like a Firewall.
If your on a local network, then no, you can ssh from box to box on that 
local network.
What are you trying to do ??