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Re: [PLUG] Question about Remote Desktop through a NAT
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Casey Bralla wrote:
I'm not sure I can do what I want, but maybe somebody here has some
brilliant, yet incredibly elegant and simple idea to help solve my problem.
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Claude M. Schrader wrote:
I've actually been thinking about this recently too - its pretty
straightforward to set up nicely - setting it up will most likely require
you having ssh access to his machine, so set it up when hes directly
plugged into the modem:
-get a dyndns account on *your* internet connection, and forward port 22
somewhere useful
-create a passwordless SSH key on his machine, so ssh from his machine to
yours works sans interaction
-still on his machine, in ssh_config, set it up so that an ssh session from
his machine to yours uses the -R flag to reverse port forward 590* from your
machine, across the tunnel to his. This will enable you to sit at the
machine that has been ssh'd *to*, and vnc to localhost, which will be
forwarded to his machine regardless of what his private IP is.
It should take a little legwork to set up initially, but should do the
trick. To take it one step further - I know on macs you can create .term
files, so that double clicking on the icon will run a shell command. I
imagine this is possible on Linux too. If not, you could just set his
machine up so he pulls up a terminal and types "connect" or some such, and
it will do the rest.
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Brilliant & elegant yes, simple err no :-). Simple means not reinventing vnc; no offense.
"Nothing is simple when it comes to complex systems. Expect complexity and you will never be disillusioned, over budget, or behind schedule"
Brian Vagnoni
You are welcome to quote me on that.
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----- Original Message -----
From: Claude M. Schrader
[mailto:plug@claudeschrader.com]
To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group
Discussion List [mailto:plug@lists.phillylinux.org]
Sent: Sat, 30 Aug
2008 14:39:38 -0400
Subject: Re: [PLUG] Question about Remote Desktop
through a NAT
> I've actually been thinking about this recently too - its pretty
> straightforward to set up nicely - setting it up will most likely
> require
> you having ssh access to his machine, so set it up when hes directly
> plugged into the modem:
> -get a dyndns account on *your* internet connection, and forward port
> 22
> somewhere useful
> -create a passwordless SSH key on his machine, so ssh from his machine
> to
> yours works sans interaction
> -still on his machine, in ssh_config, set it up so that an ssh session
> from
> his machine to yours uses the -R flag to reverse port forward 590*
> from your
> machine, across the tunnel to his. This will enable you to sit at the
> machine that has been ssh'd *to*, and vnc to localhost, which will be
> forwarded to his machine regardless of what his private IP is.
>
> It should take a little legwork to set up initially, but should do the
> trick. To take it one step further - I know on macs you can create
> .term
> files, so that double clicking on the icon will run a shell command. I
> imagine this is possible on Linux too. If not, you could just set his
> machine up so he pulls up a terminal and types "connect" or some such,
> and
> it will do the rest.
> Claude
>
> On 13:58 Sat 30 Aug , Casey Bralla wrote:
> > I'm not sure I can do what I want, but maybe somebody here has some
> brilliant,
> > yet incredibly elegant and simple idea to help solve my problem.
> >
> > My 82 year-old nerd-wannabe dad (actually, he *was* a nerd when he
> was
> > younger, but the world moves too fast...) just loaded Ubuntu on his
> laptop.
> > He often asks for my help, but since I'm 250 miles away, I find that
> Remote
> > Desktop is my best friend.
> >
> > He often plugs his computer directly into his cable modem, which is
> great
> > because I can directly access his IP address with VNC. The problem
> comes
> > when he hooks up the the internet through his wireless router, which
> uses
> > NAT.
> >
> > It is possible, of course, to set the wireless router to port
> forward all
> > incoming VNC connections to a particular NAT'd IP address. But this
> seems
> > inelegant to me for several reasons:
> >
> > 1. Talking my dad through setting up port forwarding on the router
> will be
> > difficult, since I can't see the setup screens he would be seeing on
> the
> > router, and he doesn't have a clue about how it works.
> > 2. The assigned private IP address may change, thus rendering the
> port
> > forwarding useless
> > 3. There may be visitors at his house who are accessing the
> wireless, and
> > then the assigned IP addresses will be assigned to the wrong
> computer.
> >
> >
> > What I want to do is to have my dad run a "VNC Request" program that
> will
> > weave it's way through his NAT to my static IP address, establishing
>
> > a "reverse VNC" so I can then control his desktop.
> >
> >
> > I've done some google searches for this, but haven't found anything.
> Is what
> > I want to do even possible? Does somebody have an other brilliant
> idea?
> >
> >
> > TIA, and have a great long weekend!
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> > Casey Bralla
> > Chief Nerd in Residence
> > The NerdWorld Organisation
> >
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