[kwlug disc.] tricky situation

[john at netdirect.ca]

Ssh tunnelling ony allows limited tcp access, not a full network. You can use ppp over ssh and it can work well in many circumstances. Tunnelling over tcp connections has some problems if there is enough packet loss. 

Rogers is usually a semi static ip with the address lasting days or weeks as opposed to changing every time it connects. 

I would recommend using dynamic dns to register the ip address. OpenVPN is an easy to setup vpn that pretty secure. Also look at IPcop. Its an easy to use very functional firewall. An alternative is a linksys wrt54gl with the openwrt firmware. I haven't used it in that way but last time I checked it supported vpns as well.  

However if all you need is to open a tcp port or two ssh tunneling can be very useful. 



----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Bruner [cbruner at quadro.net]
Sent: 04/12/2007 08:21 PM EST
To: "kwlug-disc at kwlug.org" <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org>
Subject: [kwlug disc.] tricky situation



I've got a friend who is trying to set up a network between his office 
and his house. He's self employed. At the office he is on a cheap bell 
arrangement, dsl, no port forwarding, no static ip.  At home he is on 
Rogers.

What I was thinking of was ssh tunneling from his office to his home 
(Rogers is a static ip right?) opening a port on his home network and 
letting him access his office through the tunnel.  He will have 3 
computers, two office computer s (linux and windows) and one home 
(windows) computers.

Does what I'm thinking of sound correct?


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