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Jacko
Asked: 2010-08-20 07:02:39 +0800 CST

need to ssh into ubuntu guest on virtual box, using dynamic dns

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I am running windows xp, and I have created an ubuntu server as a guest on virtualbox.

Network is set to NAT.

My dsl modem is configured for dynamic dns through dyndns.

Ubuntu is running an ssh server.

I would like to be able to ssh into ubuntu from outside the box.

Can anyone help me please?

Thanks!

ubuntu windows-xp ssh dynamic-dns

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    That's not going to work. For NAT, you must initiate a connection from the inside, so that the network knows where to sent the packets from the outside.

    If you have a router for the DSL connection, set virtualbox networking into bridged mode, configure a port forwarding for port 22 on your router to the (bridged) IP address of your Ubuntu system and you should be fine.

    But should you have just a DSL modem, things get more complicated, you would have to setup a port forwarding directly on the Windows side.

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