On 1/4/06, Michael Herger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Now to add some security - but if I implement SSH how can I allow friends > > access from their homes direct via their Squeezeboxes > > With ssh you don't need port mapping on the router. Use ssh's tunneling > instead. You'd have to have a PC running at your friends'. Connect it > using ssh to your server, tunneling the ports you need. His SB would then > have to see that PC as the local SlimServer.
I think you still need to forward port 22, which is the default SSH port. You can (and should) stop forwarding the others (9000, 3483), though. As Michael said, once you get your remote machine talking correctly to your home machine, you would just set up your friend's machine the same way. One more note on port 22: if you leave it at the default, you'll get people hammering on it with scripts every hour of the day and night. Change it to a high port number (can't remember where this was set - read through the OpenSSH config files), and change your router's port forwarding correspondingly. That'll solve it. Note that many broadband connections have limited upload bandwidth, which is of course exactly the bandwidth you need for remote streaming. If your friend is streaming at the same time as you, it may max out your bandwidth and cause dropouts. One solution is that you can limit the bitrate for remote players; using the web interface, go to player settings | audio | bitrate limiting. Choose a value that fits easily within your upload speed. Alternatively, some ISPs have higher upload speed options (at a price, of course!). Cheers Geoff B _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
