Kat wrote:
Hi folks!
My new understanding of networking is coming along, but still a little shaky. I have been trying to set up ssh to work on my home machine because I want to practice Linux stuff and access my PC if I happen to be away from home on the weekends.
I've installed OpenSSH with success, and from my local machine I can "ssh localhost" with success (127.0.0.1 works too, of course)
The problem is I am trying ssh (my ip) and I get "Connection refused".
This happens both from my parents' machine (in another town - Go Mom for downloading and running putty), and from my own (that ssh is running on).
I suspect the problem has to do with my router, either regarding my rather prudent settings (LAN connection must be authenticated, *and* have a whitelisted MAC address), or more likely, I am missing something in setup to allow incoming connections that get forwarded to my specific machine. This is where my understanding falls apart at the moment... help?
I've got a linksys/cisco wrt120n local IP 192.168.1.100 local router IP 192.168.1.1
internet IP in the 24.something range :)
Let me know if more info is required.
Thanks!
Katherine Scrupa Network Technology CCNA student, RRC
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You need to login to the router web interface and enable port forwarding to 192.168.1.100, on port 22 tcp. You also might be interested in using a dynamic dns service, such as dnydns.org.
All the best, Robert