Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4656 mails)

[Carl Hartung <suselinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat January 27 2007 14:35, John Pierce wrote:
> M. Harris and Carl, the machine was configured to use dhcp for its ip,
> he has no problem getting connected.  They set that part up for him, I
> want to be able to open the firewall and allow me to ssh into his
> computer as he has a sound driver issue and it would be easier for me
> to fix it than explain it to him.

Okay, that's why I asked about the setup CD-ROM. I couldn't tell from your 
original post that the account had been activated and his hardware already 
configured.

Here's another link to research: http://www.portforward.com/routers.htm

Maybe someone's already posted instructions for his modem/router there?

> I am sure that his machine would give up the default gateway with
> ifconfig, but I would like to be able to talk him through the menus
> and options to change his firewall configuration in the modem.

regards,

Carl
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