Re: Wireless networks - solved

On 01/21/2012 07:09 PM, Phil wrote:

> As is often the case the answer to my question was quite simple.
> smb;//host_name is used to access my Windows files and
> sftp://host_name is used to access my linux files.
>
> Now I want to access an item of hardware connected to my network
> from the Internet. I think that might be a bit more difficult.

The first key factor for this is your router that sits between 
your local network and the Internet.

You must tell the router to either put a specific IP address in 
the DMZ (unrestricted access to and from the 'Net) and tell the 
router how to recognize what should go there, or tell the router 
what ports or types of service should be directed to the piece of 
equipmnet.

Once the router knows what to do, the machine on your local 
network must be configured to work as the destination for 
whatever the router is supposed to send it, and you should pay a 
good bit attention to security to keep the destination machine 
from being pwnd by hackers and crackers and to keep the 
destination machine from doing things that make other machines on 
your local network vulnerable.

Getting things to work will take a bit of effort.

Getting them to work properly, without creating security 
vulnerabilities for your machine facing the 'Net directly, or 
creating security vulnerabilities for your other network machines 
indirectly, is a major task.  Not simple.  Not easy. Not usually 
done well by anyone not experienced.

Assume that everthing on your local net is going to hacked, 
cracked, and scarfed up by bad guys on the net.  If you are 
comfortable with that, go for it.

Cheers!

jim b.

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