RE: [mh] Connecting to my MH from outside (Internet)

[Neil W. <ne...@nw...>]

Hi Neil,
Sorry for the late reply. I have been away working for the past week.
I already have a domain name and WEB site hosted externally to my home.
How do I access my home MH from the access point at the coffee shop without
a fixed IP address?

Regards,

Neil Wrightson.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neil Cherry [mailto:nc...@co...]
> Sent: Saturday, 26 November 2005 10:55 AM
> To: mis...@li...
> Subject: Re: [mh] Connecting to my MH from outside (Internet)
>
>
> Neil Wrightson wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > ADSL is finally available in my area and I'm currently
> researching ISP plans
> > etc.
> > I would like to be able to access my MH system from say
> Starbucks, McDonalds
> > (Both have WiFi) my office etc using my PDA or Office PC.
> > This is my current configuration
> > 	- Netgear FWG114P Firewall,Router,WiFi, 4 Port switch etc
> > 	   To this I will add a ADSL modem (Currently using ISDN modem)
> > 	- My MH machine is a Win2K PC connected to the above switch
> > 	- I'm looking at adding some other hardware that will
> also be connected to
> > the switch
> > 	  and I would like these to also be accessible.
>
> > For a start I will need a fixed IP on my ADSL connection.
>
> No you don't, but it's nice to have (kind of). If your firewall/router
> support one of the dynamic dns services you can get a name for free.
>
> > My above netgear unit does 2 channel VPN pass through. No
> internal VPN end
> > point.
> >
> > My PDA & office PC can establish a VPN connection.
> >
> > Do I need a VPN ??
>
> You may not but it is an option.
>
> > Can I somehow browse directly to my MH machine?
>
> Let me detail a solution that works under Linux. It may be possible
> that Windows has a similar solution.
>
> I use SSH and I connect from the Internet to my home machine (only
> certain addresses are permitted to connect to my machine). I could
> use something called port knocking (send a certain packet to a
> certain port and it open the port I'm interested in for n amount
> of time and I can then connect on that port) but I don't use
> port knocking. Instead I use Linux's iptables to permit access
> access from a small list of hosts. The rest are dropped. My ssh
> program (I've tried Putty & TeraTerm) has an ssh tunnel option
> which allows me to use my local PC's browser to connect to a
> local port (say 12340) and that will be rerouted to the
> local ip address of my home's MH box. The address is the one
> on my LAN not the Internet address. I can then browse any
> device on my home lan (such as IP camera's).
>
> I hope this gives you an idea and I hope someone knows of a
> Windows way of doing this.
>
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