On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 10:21:16PM +0100, Adam Bower wrote:
I could configure using telnet, I'm quite happy to do that, but it's hardly secure over the internet. I suppose I can set it so that it's only accessible from specific IP addresses which might be OK.
You talked about ssh earlier today... why can't you ssh to your home pc and then use a text browser to configure the router or use X forwarding
Text browser doesn't work as the Zyxel configuration pages use lots and lots of javascript. There are even some incompatibilities with firefox (though almost everything works with Firefox), you have to use IE to edit existing firewall settings.
I must try getting X forwarding working with ssh, at present it doesn't but I think that may be partly due to going through intermediate systems. I now have the work firewall opened up (small company, I'm friendly with the IT people) so that I can connect direct to from my home system so it may well be that I can get ssh/X tunneling working.
to the host you launch ssh on and a graphical browser if you are that way inclined? (and FWIW I don't think I have ever actually needed to change the configuration on my ADSL router when I have not actually been at home, tbh the actual adsl and network part perhaps only gets fiddled with very infrequently).
True, I suspect I won't want to configure remotely after the first week or two.