On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:05:57 +0800 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wednesday 23 August 2006 09:41, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The recent Ubuntu stuffup with xorg meant that I had to ssh to a > > friends computer in the USA to get his X system going again. It was > > not a problem since he has a "real" ip address. > > > > What if he was behind a NAT router? Is there anyway that I could > > connect to his machine to fix him up? (I'm not much of a guru, but I > > can do some command line things). > > The magic of ssh applies: > The remote person sshs to you from somewhere either to your static or > (quick phone call: victory = 10c/min to USA!) your dynamic address
Gizmo Project: US 1c/min!! > > them: ssh -R 1200:localhost:22 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > me: ssh -p 1200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Bing! Hello! Thanks James. > James > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670 Mobile: +61 427 486 206 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 FWD: 615662 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html