Re: SSH Connection Behind A Router/Firewall

[Arun Khan <knura9@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 10:49 AM, Tim McDonough <tmcdonough@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a very straightforward Debian Jessie machine on my network. For SSH
> it uses the standard/default Port 22 and accessing it via ssh works just
> fine from anywhere on the local network.
>
> I also have a NetGear router configured so that a connection from the
> outside world using Port 1024 gets forwarded to the local IP and Port 22 on
> the LAN. My problem is when I attempt a connection from the outside world
> the connection is refused.

Presuming the ssh "client" is on the WAN, have you set the
"destination" port to 1024 in that client?
For example in *nix box, it would be "ssh -p 1024 someuser@your_wan_pub_ip"

-- Arun Khan