[ Date Index ] [ Thread Index ] [ <= Previous by date / thread ] [ Next by date / thread => ]
On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:44:36 +0000 dave wrote: > When EntaNet bothered providing a connection I had a static IP > address, and from outside I could simply ssh tunnel into it. However, > with mobile broadband they use their own NAT somewhere in their > network. Does anyone know a solution to this? Skype works okay, so > there is obviously a technique that punches through their and my NAT, > but I don't know how to ssh in, short of setting up a reverse tunnel > to an external machine. That would provide another point of failure, > and slow the connection further. I believe Skype works because both ends need to communicate with Skype's own server and that handles the traffic at both ends... hence wh you can't use Skype on an internal network that has no Internet connectivity. Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html