From: Scott Smith (hioctane@gmail.com)
Date: Sun Aug 20 2006 - 11:09:53 ART
First, I use dymanic DNS so I connect to my home network without
knowing the IP. The IP address for my cable changes so this solved
that issue. Second, I also have an APC9211 for remote power up (a must
have!).
I have two different ways to access my rack.
1) Secure way: So called poor man's VPN. Use SSH to connect to a linux
box on my home network. Putty allows tunneling/forwarding so the ports
I need (23 and 2001-2016) are redirected from the local PC to the
linux box. For example, after connecting I can telnet to 127.0.0.1
2001 to connect to R1. Doing it this way is secure and the only port
open on the firewall is 22.
2) Not-so-secure way: Open port 23 and 2001-2016 on the firewall and
use lock-and-key to authenticate to the term server. After I'm
authenticated I can then telnet to domain.com 2001 to connect to R1.
I nearly always use option 1. Option 2 is really just there if I need
to give access to someone else who doesnt have SSH access. Unless I
have a need to give someone access these ports are always closed on
the firewall.
-Scott
On 8/19/06, Scott Thornton <scthornton@gmail.com> wrote:
> Can anyone provide me with a recommendation on how to access my rack of
> network equipment remotely? Is anyone else doing this, if so, what works
> well?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Scott C Thornton
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