So here's the situation...I have a Linsksys router controlling a
network at my house, 150 miles away from where I am. Before I left, I
was smart enough to forward port 22 to a computer on the network, so
that I could ssh and scp in to the network and such. However, I
wanted to use a different port and, like it should, the router blocks
it. Is there any unix tool that I can use to connect to the router.
Like I said, I can get to it from the inside, but I can't ssh to it's
ip address, nor telnet nor ftp. I figure if I can get in somehow, I
can configure it to add another port so that I can share the desktop
(which is what I'm trying to do, but can't because all ports are
blocked, and it can't share 22 because of ssh.) Any help here? My
only way of getting to the router has been through http, using a web
browser, and I simply don't have that luxury now. Thanks.

"Lord Krugster" <krugster@optonline.net> wrote in message
> My only way of getting to the router has been through
> http, using a web browser, and I simply don't have
> that luxury now. Thanks.

Sure you do. You didn't mention what ssh client you were using or the
OS it's running on, but any respectable client should be able to
accommodate you. If you have the ability to run a browser on the same
machine that you are secure shelling FROM, you can set up a secure
tunnel from a local port to a remote ip and port number. If you're at a
UNIX prompt then try this:

ssh <home-ip> -L 8000:192.168.1.1:80

Now login to your shell prompt like normal. Next open a web browser of
your choice (on the same machine you just issued the ssh command from)
and go to:

http://localhost:8000

Now log into your Linksys router and rejoice in the fact that you not
only are you able to config your router, you're doing it over a secured
connection.

On Fri, Apr 16, 2004, Lord Krugster wrote:
>So here's the situation...I have a Linsksys router controlling a
>network at my house, 150 miles away from where I am. Before I left, I
>was smart enough to forward port 22 to a computer on the network, so
>that I could ssh and scp in to the network and such. However, I
>wanted to use a different port and, like it should, the router blocks
>it. Is there any unix tool that I can use to connect to the router.
>Like I said, I can get to it from the inside, but I can't ssh to it's
>ip address, nor telnet nor ftp. I figure if I can get in somehow, I
>can configure it to add another port so that I can share the desktop
>(which is what I'm trying to do, but can't because all ports are
>blocked, and it can't share 22 because of ssh.) Any help here? My
>only way of getting to the router has been through http, using a web
>browser, and I simply don't have that luxury now. Thanks.

The LinkSys routers and VPN boxes normally are configured only via http,
and don't allow external connections by default. You can enable external
http connections to port 8080 (or perhaps port 8000) from the advanced
configuration menu.

If you can ssh into an internal machine with X forwarding turned on either
in your external ssh_config file or with the ``-X'' option to the ssh
command, then you may be able to configure it with a browser from the
inside. I do this fairly frequently running Mozilla on a Linux box inside
LinkSys BEFVP41 VPN boxes. It's dicey sometimes since the LinkSys is
pretty Internet Exploder specific, and sometimes the form buttons don't do
what one would expect.

Bill
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Lord Krugster wrote:
> So here's the situation...I have a Linsksys router controlling a
> network at my house, 150 miles away from where I am. Before I left, I
> was smart enough to forward port 22 to a computer on the network, so
> that I could ssh and scp in to the network and such. However, I
> wanted to use a different port and, like it should, the router blocks
> it. Is there any unix tool that I can use to connect to the router.
> Like I said, I can get to it from the inside, but I can't ssh to it's
> ip address, nor telnet nor ftp. I figure if I can get in somehow, I
> can configure it to add another port so that I can share the desktop
> (which is what I'm trying to do, but can't because all ports are
> blocked, and it can't share 22 because of ssh.) Any help here? My
> only way of getting to the router has been through http, using a web
> browser, and I simply don't have that luxury now. Thanks.


Lynx

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