Brilliant -- cheers for all those replies, I reckon I know what to do next time my brother comes online & needs help. (Although I might be back, yet!) Cheers again, Doug.
2009/4/17 Michael G Fletcher <mich...@ilovemylinux.com> > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 3:29 PM, doug livesey <biot...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi -- there was a thread recently during the course of which someone > > recommended gitso, and several people appeared to be converted on the > spot! > > I'm after following the advice there, now, but am stuck on the bit where > I'm > > supposed to "open/forward" port 5500. > > Basically, I haven't a clue how to. > > Could someone advise me on how they did it / where I should look to > learn? > > Thanks, > > Basic instructions - I did this for the a sky router, but hopefully > will be vaguely similar for any other one. > > 1 - Log into your router's administration site > > 2 - Look for something relating to "services" > > 3 - Add a new service, if it asks for a beginning and end port, you > can just select 5500 for both. > > 4 - If you are using DNS to assign IP addresses to your local network, > you may want to check this section and try to reserve an IP address > for the machine you want to use Gitso on - this will mean that the > firewall will use the same IP address to send the gitso information > to. > > 5 - Go to the firewall rules. Add an outbound rule for the service > you created previously. Add an incoming rule for the service and > point it towards the internal LAN IP address that you have reserved > for the machine you are going to give support from. > > 6 - Save and apply settings. > > Remember when giving support, the person needs to use your IP address > that is your connection to the internet. this can be found by either > looking at the routers status / connection page, or visiting a site > such as http://whatsmyip.org/ - this IP address might change if your > router re-connects. > > If all else fails, I could use gitso to help you out - hehe > > --Michael > _________________________________ > Michael Fletcher > > Visit my website here - http://www.mgfletcher.com/blog > Interested in Linux? Then visit - http://www.ilovemylinux.com > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >
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