Tom, Thanks for your help. I managed to get it working - I think the final key was forwarding to port 22 of the SSH server.
My system is using EVDO (wireless broadband) on a laptop, which enables me to access my music collection almost anywhere within my hometown (and quite a few other towns too). I'm excited about the ability to stream music anywere (like my car, for instance). Sound quality seems great so far. Tom -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas B. Malsbury Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 8:21 AM To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: Re: FW: [slim] Re: Problems/Frustration with Softsqueeze/SSH [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Sorry, but I can't find the help page you refer to. There's a >"Softsqueeze SSH Tunneling Howto" that points you to how to set up a >(generic) SSH Server, but doesn't address the steps necessary to make >it and the slimserver work together on a Windows system. > > I guess I will look those over again and make any need changes once we get you up and running. They were posted with the release of SoftSqueeze 1.0, not that much has changed in the SSH tunneling feature of SoftSqueeze2 but I'm sure they could be refined. >Sorry to reveal my ignorance (again), but your note raised a couple of >questions for me: > >1) Which port on the Slimserver? My firewall won't forward to just an >IP address, it needs a port number as well. > > You need to set you router/firewall to forward Port 22 to the local network IP address of of your XP box running SSH and Slimserver. You don't need to forward any other ports through the firewall. The point of SSH tunneling is that all traffic and ports needed are tunneled through the single open and secure port. >2) How does one set up the SSH config file? - it doesn't appear to be >something that Notepad can handle. > > It should be. It is just a generic text file that hold all the settings that SSH uses when it starts up. >3) I didn't realize that one could enter the IP address in the "SSH Server" >box - it appears to be a dropdown with only one choice. Thanks to your >note, though, I've put the right information in that box. I still >can't connect, but I feel like I'm getting somewhere. > > When you enter the IP address of the SSH Server, make sure that you are using the IP address assigned to your WAN/Router by your ISP, not the IP address of the XP box on your local network. Let me know if any of that was helpful. If not, don't worry we'll get it. Lots of people use this feature everyday so it is just a matter of trouble shooting your setup and getting you enjoying your music collection from anywhere with an internet connection. Tom Malsbury _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
