Even better, why not use SSH Tunnelling. I use this for the management of ALL devices on the network. I don’t use VPN for management at all.
ssh -L <LOCALPORT>:<REMOTE IP>:80 root@pbx then http://localhost:LOCALPORT Works fantastically. Regarding links, I didn’t even know it existed so I won’t miss it but I would like to know how it is used? I am thinking of writing some scripts that I can use on the command line to do basic stuff which will be quicker anyway. You could build a hierarchical command language that allows you to perform Astlinux related functions! Regards Michael Knill On 29 Jul 2015, at 7:48 am, Lonnie Abelbeck <li...@lonnie.abelbeck.com<mailto:li...@lonnie.abelbeck.com>> wrote: Hi Michael, May I suggest a new trick :-) Provided you have SSH access to your AstLinux box, from a typical Web Browser box (OS X for me) from the terminal issue: -- ssh -D5000 root@pbx -- This establishes a SOCKS proxy via localhost:5000 on your Web Browser box to your AstLinux box, then config your web browser to use the SOCKS proxy, for example Firefox (image): Firefox: Preferences -> Advanced -> Network -> Connection: "Configure how Firefox connects to the Internet" { Settings... } <Firefox-SOCKS.jpg> Hit { OK }, and presto your web browser acts just as if it were sitting inside your AstLinux box, just like "links" but with pictures, javascript, etc . Give it a try, works quite well. Can be a handy trick to reach an IP Phones's web interface that are not normally routable over the VPN. So, does this change your feelings for "links" ? Lonnie On Jul 28, 2015, at 3:52 PM, Michael Keuter <li...@mksolutions.info<mailto:li...@mksolutions.info>> wrote: Hi Lonnie, I use it mainly as a kind of emergency tool over VPN to access the WebGUI of a router, WLAN accesspoint, switch and such to e.g. reboot such a device, when I could not access these devices over http via VPN (e.g. when a route was missing, or a different gateway was set). It was not very often, but when I needed it, it was a real help. Therefor I would like to keep it. If it has to be stripped, it could be be stripped for devices with small RAM like Alix or net5501. Sent from my iPad Michael Am 28.07.2015 um 22:25 schrieb Lonnie Abelbeck <li...@lonnie.abelbeck.com<mailto:li...@lonnie.abelbeck.com>>: Hi, We just updated "links" (command line web browser) to the latest version in the SVN, but does anyone actually use it? I think I asked this over in the devel list some years ago, but time to ask again. While "links" is kind of cool in principle, without Javascript and without Image support (as we build it) it's usefulness seems very limited anymore. It does allow you to view the AstLinux web interface via a serial console, but actually using it redefines the word 'tedious'. Also "links" is large in size, almost 1 MB. So, does anyone use "links" or see a way it could get you out of a jam ? If yes, I would be very curious how you use it. On the other hand if "links" is dead weight for us, we should disable it in the default AstLinux builds. Lonnie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to pay...@krisk.org. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to pay...@krisk.org. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to pay...@krisk.org.
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