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Re: Accessing remote PC (ssh?)


Matthew Woehlke wrote:
Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
I can try. Go to "Start"->"Settings"->"Network Connections". Click on
"Local Area Connecton". RMB down and choose "Properties". Look in the
box called "This connection uses the following items:". Make sure you
have "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" and that it is checked. Select it and
hit the "Properties" button. In the "General" tab, make sure
"Obtain an IP address automatically" is selected. Also check that
"Obtain DNS server address automatically" is selected. Hit the "Advanced"
button and the "DNS" tab. Make sure "Register this connection's addresses
in DNS". If you must, you can enter your router's IP in "DNS server
addresses, in order of use:" box, though that shouldn't be required.
That should be enough. If you don't have some of these things, with
the exception of the your router's IP address listed as a DNS server,
you want to fix all those other things first.

Ok, Larry, I have to ask... does your $50 appliance really have a DNS server in it too?


No.  But it will happen someday. ;-)  But your question reminds me that
I forgot to mention that the router should be set up to point to your
ISP's DNS.  But as I recall, I didn't have complete success with name
resolution of local machines until I switched to using static DHCP IPs
and adding the names and IPs to my /etc/host files.  It's really the
best way to go if one's router supports it.

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