X11 Forwarding. How cool is that ?

November 8, 2008 · Posted in Linux 

Today I had to configure a router located on remote host. This router is pure crap and it has only Web interface. No ssh,no ftp ,nothing.

So without any further thought, I dediced to fire up ssh with -X , -C options ( X forwarding, Compression ) . After that I launched konqueror (firefox couldnt start (?) )and access the routers’ web interface. Stupid? Maybe . But i couldnt think of anything else

Just for the record the ssh command I lauched was

ssh -c arcfour,blowfish-cbc -C -X

arcfour,blowfish-cbc appear to be faster according to several sources over the internet

Another great idea would be “links” but routers web interface didnt work with that :(

How would you deal with this problem? Will you use X11 Forwarding as I did? I d like to hear your ideas :)

ps:Replacing the router is not an option ! :)

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2 Responses to “X11 Forwarding. How cool is that ?”

  1. trelo_bifteki on November 10th, 2008 2:45 pm

    Well, it would be easier if you’d do a local port forwarding from the machine behind your NAT to the web Interface and back to your remote PC.

    E.g, if we’re connecting from a Linux pc to another linux pc (behind NAT), we could launch the following command:
    ssh -L 1234:192.168.1.1:80 user@my_remote_pc
    [login]

    now, if you open a browser at the following address:
    http://localhost:1234/

    voila!

  2. Markos on November 10th, 2008 3:28 pm

    True. Your solution is way better than mine :)

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