Accessing a device over ICS from the host

(Originally on NetworkEngineering, but I was redirected here.)

I have a laptop connected to a Wi-Fi network, which shares its Wi-Fi network over an Ethernet cable to another router. That router then connects to my Kindle Fire. I have an SSH server running on that Kindle Fire on port 22.

Is there any way I can connect to that Kindle Fire FROM the Laptop?

If needed, the laptop is running Debian, so it's not really ICS but rather bridging.

Wi-Fi: Linksys
      | Wi-fi
      | ------. 
      v       | Bridged
    Laptop    |
         \----'
          \ Ethernet
           \__.
              |
              v
            Router
              | Wi-Fi
              |
              v
         Kindle Fire

Jared Allard

Posted 2014-01-16T22:40:36.160

Reputation: 389

Can you ping the server from your laptop? If you are running a bridge between the two interfaces there is no reason why this shouldn't work. – Scandalist – 2014-01-16T23:19:39.657

@Scandalist how exactly would I ping the device? – Jared Allard – 2014-01-16T23:25:05.687

it is bridging. You should be able to - what's the ip address of the laptop? – Journeyman Geek – 2014-01-17T01:03:38.080

@JourneymanGeek External or Internal? – Jared Allard – 2014-01-17T01:28:03.187

hm. ,I think I meant the kindle and the laptop, my bad, and the internal ip address. Your network config is confusing enough a diagram might help ;p – Journeyman Geek – 2014-01-17T01:35:56.913

@JourneymanGeek The Laptops is: 192.168.43.96 and the Kindle fire's is 192.168.1.121 Diagram: ( see edit ). – Jared Allard – 2014-01-17T03:38:53.323

Accessing a device over ICS from the host

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