Remote Desktop in Ubuntu over internet with Linksys routers. Setup help?
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Remote Desktop in Ubuntu over internet with Linksys routers. Setup help?
I need serious help setting up Remote Desktop, as it is not as easy as it was described to me. I'm an avid Mac user and I dabble in Linux (Ubuntu Distro) from time to time. I'm trying to connect to a computer thats about 50 miles away over the internet. My computer is running OSX, I also have a computer running XP Pro and Ubuntu Edgy. The computer that I want to connect to is running Ubuntu Edgy only.
What I know: I have to use two routers (one on each end) and port forward from port 23.
What I don't know:
1. How do I do this in a Linksys router? (both are WRT54G models)
2. How do I know what address to connect to?
3. Any other doo-dads that I may need and have not covered!
Well, to be fair this is not a Linux question at all really. You are asking about how to configure your router.
You need to log into the router's configuration on both sides, go to the "Applications & Gaming" tab, and then add a rule to forward port 23 to the machine on the local network you want to connect to/from.
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