Brilliant -- cheers for all those replies, I reckon I know what to do next time my brother comes online & needs help.<br>(Although I might be back, yet!)<br>Cheers again,<br> Doug.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/4/17 Michael G Fletcher <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michael@ilovemylinux.com">michael@ilovemylinux.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 3:29 PM, doug livesey <<a href="mailto:biot023@gmail.com">biot023@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi -- there was a thread recently during the course of which someone<br>
> recommended gitso, and several people appeared to be converted on the spot!<br>
> I'm after following the advice there, now, but am stuck on the bit where I'm<br>
> supposed to "open/forward" port 5500.<br>
> Basically, I haven't a clue how to.<br>
> Could someone advise me on how they did it / where I should look to learn?<br>
> Thanks,<br>
<br>
</div></div>Basic instructions - I did this for the a sky router, but hopefully<br>
will be vaguely similar for any other one.<br>
<br>
1 - Log into your router's administration site<br>
<br>
2 - Look for something relating to "services"<br>
<br>
3 - Add a new service, if it asks for a beginning and end port, you<br>
can just select 5500 for both.<br>
<br>
4 - If you are using DNS to assign IP addresses to your local network,<br>
you may want to check this section and try to reserve an IP address<br>
for the machine you want to use Gitso on - this will mean that the<br>
firewall will use the same IP address to send the gitso information<br>
to.<br>
<br>
5 - Go to the firewall rules. Add an outbound rule for the service<br>
you created previously. Add an incoming rule for the service and<br>
point it towards the internal LAN IP address that you have reserved<br>
for the machine you are going to give support from.<br>
<br>
6 - Save and apply settings.<br>
<br>
Remember when giving support, the person needs to use your IP address<br>
that is your connection to the internet. this can be found by either<br>
looking at the routers status / connection page, or visiting a site<br>
such as <a href="http://whatsmyip.org/" target="_blank">http://whatsmyip.org/</a> - this IP address might change if your<br>
router re-connects.<br>
<br>
If all else fails, I could use gitso to help you out - hehe<br>
<br>
--Michael<br>
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