Thanks, to you and a couple others that answered this question, I didn't
realize this was so simple, I was under the impression that ssh port
forwarding would forward ports only to the machine you were sshing
into. 

Thanks!

-Chuck Hays

On Thu, 2005-06-09 at 22:13 -0500, Patrick McCabe wrote:
> This is what I do:
> 
> I port forward ssh through the firewall to my inside linux box (192.168.0.99
> in your case). Then from the client I ssh to the linux box and set up an ssh
> tunnel to the windows machine running vnc server, like this:
> 
> # ssh -L 5900:192.168.0.100:5900 ip-that-gets-you-to-your-linux-box
> 
> 192.168.0.100 is assumed to be a machine running vnc server.
> 
> Then just bring up the vnc client and point it to localhost.
> 
> If I am running the client on a windows machine, I use the cygwin ssh, but
> you can do it with PuTTY as well.
> 
> Patrick McCabe
> 
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I am trying to set up a good vnc solution so I can help users of
> > multiple computers are a remote office.
> >
> > What I have is a netgear router, which I can configure as needed, but
> > is currently forwarding some selected ports to a linux machine at
> > 192.168.0.99, the router is 192.168.0.1.  There are several windows
> > machines each running vncserver.
> >
> > Internet - [worldip - router - 192.168.0.1] -- [linux machine -
> > 192.168.0.99] + other windows machines
> >
> > What I need to do is to find a way to go through the linux machine to
> > get the packets to the proper windows machine.  I realize I could do
> > this on the router, but it is nearly impossible to administrate
> > remotely, so if I can accomplish this with the linux machine it would
> > be great.
> >
> > Packets need to go to the router, then to the linux machine, then to
> > the proper windows machine.
> >
> > Any hints on where to start with a problem like this?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -Chuck Hays
> > lists at chuckhays.net
> >
> >
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