SSH Port tunneling? (or how to extend your local network?)
August 3rd, 2013
Thanks for visiting this thread, where you can find me, asking for help.
I’m trying to use SSH to connect a server to a remote computer (or connect the computer to the server that is in another place)
However the only time i have used SSH is to tranfer files to my iPod , which i sold btw
I would really appreciate if you can help me out with this, i feel really lost with SSH (also a bit excited to get this on!).
Here is what i want to do..
Server has installed an administrative software that has a database in the server hard drive (which is shared over the local area network), the server also has a service named “License Manager” that allows the administrative software client installed in machines over the local network to communicate with it to work together.
I have a computer running on the other side of the city, and someone told me that i could use SSH to “tunnel” the port over the internet used by the “License Manager”, more easy said than done though.
So i installed SSH on the server, opened the 22 port on the firewall, but i have no idea how to “share” this port, i actually connected from my laptop to the server and had access to the server My Documents lol.
I also need to share a folder in the server because that’s where the administrative software keeps the database, i was thinking on using VPN, but this guy also said i could do it with SSH.
Now i can’t contact back this guy, so if you guys could help me out, point me at the right direction or assist me, i would really appreciate it.
Yours truly, ( ) a friendly stranger (in need..).
PS. Pardon my terrible and offensive english.
PS2. Hey what’s up?
SSH or VPN are basically services which will provide you with security and can provide tunneling for blocked ports.
If you can access the server from your laptop that meas you do not need ssh or VPN (your ports are open), if you have
some ports blocked you can not access your server than you can use ssh or vpn to tunnel those blocked ports to port 22.
Seems like you just need to forward the ports for that “License manager” from the server on the firewall, so you can access it from outside