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From: "David T-G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> % and/or have name resolution working you can point to any machine you
want
> % (or multiple machines).
>
> Yeah.  Now as I understand it I'd have to assign different ports on the
> gateway for each server in the house -- something like
>
>   51900:localhost:5900 win1 # "display" 00 on win1
>   52904:localhost:5902 linux2 # display :4 on linux2
>   57900:localhost:5900 win7 # "display 00 on win7
>
> or so -- to avoid port confusion, right?

The VNC client sets up the port forwarding, not the gateway.  All traffic
too and from the gateway goes through SSH port 22.

> %
> % Check out the "More Advanced Use" on
> % http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/sshvnc.html.
>
> Saw that; thanks.  The challenge is that I'm on some foreign computer
> where I can drop vncviewer in with little trouble but going to the effort
> of setting up tunneling each time is a stinker.
>
> I already have putty and its registry settings on my web page so that I
> can click and run; I suppose implementing an ssh client and tunneling
> rules the same way can't be that much tougher.  Not that I like it a lot,
> though *stomp* *whine* :-)
>

PuTTY is an SSH client, and does SSH tunneling.  Another thought would be
something like MindTerm which uses Java to implement the SSH client.
--
William Hooper

I'm going crazy. Wanna come along ?
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