On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 10:49 AM, Tim McDonough <tmcdono...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a very straightforward Debian Jessie machine on my network. For SSH > it uses the standard/default Port 22 and accessing it via ssh works just > fine from anywhere on the local network. > > I also have a NetGear router configured so that a connection from the > outside world using Port 1024 gets forwarded to the local IP and Port 22 on > the LAN. My problem is when I attempt a connection from the outside world > the connection is refused.
Presuming the ssh "client" is on the WAN, have you set the "destination" port to 1024 in that client? For example in *nix box, it would be "ssh -p 1024 someuser@your_wan_pub_ip" -- Arun Khan
