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I NEED HELP!
So I have a windows 8 PC (vnc viewer) and a iMac 10.8 Mountain Lion (vnc server) and a middleman server running ubuntu on a DMZ (all ports open). Both computers are behind a firewall with NO PORTS OPEN to the external world (except the middleman server).
VNC Server (iMac): phil@192.168.1.106 (Private IP) Username: phil
Middleman Server: fixnode@fixnode.ca (I use domain names instead of IP for simplicity) Username: fixnode
VNC Viewer (Windows 8 PC): 24.114.25.11 (private IP) (No SSH Server on PC)
Step 1: From the VNC Server (iMac) I run this command: ssh -f -N -R 5900:localhost:5900 fixnode@fixnode.ca and then I turn on my VNC server.
Step 2: Then from the Viewer (Windows 8 PC) I run Putty (ssh client) to connect to fixnode@fixnode.ca -p 5900
Note: In putty there is no feedback so I assume the tunnel is created (since there is no error)
Step 3: Using TightVNC Viewer (On Windows 8 PC) I put localhost:5900 and click connect
When I try to connect the viewer to the iMac the error I get is a timeout error, I have tried to edit my sshd_config file (on the middleman server) to allow gateway connections but nothing helps. Can anyone give me any suggestions?
Just to clarify BOTH PC and Mac are behind a firewall with NO PORTS OPEN
Thanks, Phillip K
PhillipK
Posted 2013-03-20T20:53:47.630
Reputation: 11
Anybody have an answer? – PhillipK – 2013-03-25T04:08:27.893
I'm working on a similar problem: http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/82386/remote-desktop-over-ssh-reverse-tunnel-to-replace-teamviewer
– MountainX – 2013-07-09T22:40:32.440Basically, you are telling the "server" to listen on 127.0.0.1 on the middleman server and telling the "client" to connect to a different address on the middleman server. You need to change the -R argument to either -R <IP address of fixnode.ca>:5900:localhost:5900 -or- -R *:5900:localhost:5900. This change requires that the SSHD server have GatewayPorts enabled. – Yedric – 2013-08-22T14:30:52.673