well i am by no means a networking god, infact i hardly even know the basics. However i am gettign very comfortable with linux. I also think, even if there are some restrictions from work, that it would be a good exersize for both learning networking and linux.

well here is something i want to do. when at work there are sometimes small files, 50mb or less, that i wish i had brought into work. i do computer tech support. I want to be able to remotly get onto my home system and download or upload files. I have heard people talk about openSSH for such a reason, might be wrong. anyways if it is possible i would like to do it.

about my setup.
Suse 9.1 based system, personal editition. installed the gcc, make and compiling stuff not shipped with personal. had to for a few thing. hey if i can get my ATI card to work then this shoudl be possible for me too! I have a broadband connection and a router. my service is earthlink and my router is a D-link, hey that linksys router kept freezing and locking up so it got retured to the store.

work has a broadband connection. winXP based system. has a proxy aswell, not sure if that will come into play.

things i am sure i may have to do
configure linux for remote connections.
configure the router
install openSSH on work computer, i am allowed.

Even if the proxy/security at work does not allow this i think it would be good. When i am on call it can be a life saver to have such and ability.


also at the same time security is a concern for me. i want to keep myself safe.
many things i can look up in my linux book, like makeing a remote logon. however i want input from people who have done this.

Once you have got SSH installed (make sure it is a recent version with no security issues):
http://www.openssh.org

Then configure your router to forward port 22 to the internal IP of your linux box (your router probably has a port forwarding or NAT section).

You should then be able to connect to your machine from work using ssh or a file copying utility like winscp:
http://winscp.sf.net

Some companies may block outgoing ssh access (port 22). If this is the case then contact your firewall manager and ask that it is changed or run your ssh server on a port that is open. If you have ssh running then you probably don't need ftp and it is likely that outgoing ftp is allowed so use port 21 nstead.

so you're in support, huh? i suppose that's not networking support...

--i am sure i may... doesn't sound too confident...
1) yes
2) yes
3) what are you running... @ work i assume people to run windows, in which case i recommend putty. if linux, does it not already have ssh client installed?

security thought -- you can limit your inbound connections to known IPs -- if your business has a static IP... do you know anything about the biz network?

so, let's get specific -- what's your problem?