[GLLUG] Setting up a home server

Brad Handy brad.handy at gmail.com
Mon Dec 19 14:48:03 EST 2005


I use www.no-ip.com for the same service.  I'm not sure if the WRT54G router
supports no-ip.com directly, but I use the update client
no-ip.comdistributes on their site.  You have to compile from source,
but it works
really well and is easy to use.  However, since I have Gentoo installed at
home, I just install it with "emerge noip-updater".  :-)


Brad



On 12/19/05, Nader Abedrabbo <aenader at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Guys,
>
> Thanks for all the advice.
> I solved the problem to my problem in a different manner.
> I used DDNS to create a domain name from myself through
> http://www.dyndns.com, and using Dynamic DNS which assigns a name to my
> DHCP IP. Also you need a DynDNS update "ddclient" which updates your domain
> name each time you get a new ip. Luckily, I didn't need ddclient, since my
> Linksys WRT54G router has a built in ddclient updater :)... (You have to
> update the router's firmware to resolve an older problem issue).
> Also, since I have multiple computers connected to the Internet through
> the router, which it assigns each its own ip, and since my router has a
> firewall, I needed to use the "Application and Gaming" section to route any
> incoming calls to the server computer only. In my case I only route calls to
> port 20 to the IP of my Linux system. The other computers don't receive
> anything...
>
> Also, for security, I used the "hosts.deny", and "hosts.allow", where
> hosts.deny would deny ALL: ALL incoming calls, and hosts.allow would only
> let pass only to the sshd port 20. and to make it more secure, I only allow
> specific IP's to access my system.
>
> Anyhow, this worked very will, and I am able to access my system from
> anywhere i want ...  cool...
>
> One point I want to mentions, is during my research I learned of a new
> routing program that is supposed to make all this possible with
> zero-configuration setup, it is called HAMACHI... This new program (Which
> touted as ultra secure) can be found at http://www.hamachi.cc/. I works on
> Linux and Win, and soon on Mac. According to what I've read and heard, it
> supposed to be very, very secure... I suggested  to listen to the discretion
> to http://www.grc.com/default.htm, http://www.grc.com/SecurityNow.htm#18
>
> Try it...
>
> Nader
>
> Thanks
>
> Charles Ulrich wrote:
>
> On Monday 12 December 2005 09:56, Nader Abedrabbo wrote:
>
>    Can you please give me advice on how to go about to setting this
> system up? If you direct me to books, web links that would be great..
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Nader
>
>  If I get this right, you want to set up a server at home and then access
> it from everywhere else, right? You're in luck, as this isn't terribly
> difficult. If you already have a home network set up (as opposed to a
> single workstation connected directly to the cable or DSL modem), then
> you're halfway there. If not, google for information on how to put
> together a simple home LAN with a firewall. (I recommend IPCop,
> http://www.ipcop.org, on an old Pentium II but you can also buy
> firewalls from companies like Netgear and Linksys that work well for
> simple setups. They appear to call them "routers" these days.)
>
> Once that's taken care of, just install your OS, give the machine a
> static IP, and configure your firewall to pass traffic on a specific
> port (or set of ports) to the server. For example, if you want SSH and
> SFTP, have your firewall forward port 22 to the server.
>
> A few hours research should be enough to get you started. Sorry that I
> don't have any specific links to give you. You might, however, see if
> the Linux Documentation Project (http://www.tldp.org) has anything you
> can use.
>
>
> --
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> Nader Abedrabbo, Ph.D.
> University of Waterloo
> Mechanical Engineering Dept., E2
> Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1
> Canada
> Cell: (519) 574-7234
> Work: (519) 885-1211 Ext: 5887
> Web : http://www.egr.msu.edu/~aenader <http://www.egr.msu.edu/%7Eaenader>
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