Forwarding a domain with ssh support

#1

Hello, I am wondering if it is possible to forward a subdomain that is usable over the ssh port.

If this is not clear, here is my dilemma. I want to ssh into a server I have set up at home. I am hoping to use a subdomain of mine as something like a dydns or no-ip service. When I ssh into sub.domain.com, I want to be dialing in to my server at home (which is not toally static, but rarely changes), not a dreamhost server. I already have it set up to do the simple http forward. Is this possible to do?
Thanks,
Jim

#2

technically speaking, yes. You need to modify the DNS of your subdomain.

You have a static IP for your home PC. WOW!

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#3

Can’t tell if that’s sarcasm or not :stuck_out_tongue:

I have 8 static IPs at home. I’d run my business off it, but the upstream limitations of an 8MB line are pretty poor.

Cheers,
Karl

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#4

If you are only an Internet user, the “static IP” assigned to your modem is not really a static IP. It is still a dynamic IP address assigned by your ISP. It does not change every day, but maybe weeks or months.

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#5

Nope, for all intents and purposes the IP range is static. I used to work for the ISP so I know it to be true.

For the life of my contract with the ISP, I retain the same 8 IP addresses. It’s guranteed to never change, and if I moved the connection over to another line, I can take my IP addresses with me, provided i stay with my current ISP.

Cheers,
Karl

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#6

Not always true. Over here across the pond, most reasonable ISPs will give out a fixed IP address range. I have “4” but only two are actually usable.

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Julian Knight

#7

As others have said, you’re not “forwarding” the subdomain, you’re just setting the DNS for the subdomain to the IP address of your home server.

You have a few options:

  1. Manually set the IP address of your subdomain whenever you get a new IP address for your home connection. You do this in the panel under “Domains>Manage Domains”. Click on the DNS link for your domain and add a DNS entry for the subdomain you want to point to your home IP address. Oh, make sure you set the “A” record.
  2. Use a service like dyndns. You can use the free service to get a yoursubdomain.dyndns.org address. There are a variety of ways of getting your router to automatically update the IP address at dyndns to match it’s external IP address.
  3. Do #2, but then add a “CNAME” record for a subdomain at dreamhost that “points” to your dyndns subdomain.

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