Subject: Re: VNC thru SSH via IPNAT?
To: Gan Uesli Starling <oinkfreebiker@att.net>
From: None <rmcm@compsoft.com.au>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 02/21/2002 07:34:08
Andy R writes:
> --- Gan Uesli Starling <oinkfreebiker@att.net> wrote:
> > Howdy,
> >
> > I've got a local net of 3 WinNT's and one NetBSD in
> > Detroit. The NetBSD has
> > SSH and two IP's. I want to SSH from a Win98 in
> > Kalamazoo to the NetBSD in
> > Detroit so as to VNC from any of the 3 WinNT's to
> > the Win98 in Kalamazoo.
> >
> > Will IPNAT do that for SSH the same as for PPP? It
> > is only for the three
> > machines to the one machine across all that lies
> > between. I'm hoping to not
> > have to learn routed or gated.
> >
> > Any clues?
> >
> > A picture is worth ten hundred words...see attached
> > ipnat_diag.png
>
> If you establish an ssh connection from your client to
> your server with the appropriate ports forwarded, then
> you can use whatever app to connect while that ssh
> connection exists. It's been a while since I've done
> it... Basically you set up the connection, then tell
> the vncviewer to connect to a local port that is then
> forwarded to the server machine. Unless you have big
> cpu's and lots of bandwidth, expect bad performance.
> Doing this accross a wan has been quite painful for
> me.
Tightvnc (in the pkg system) is considerably faster and has SSH
forwarding included.
--
Rex McMaster