Connect SSH/VNC from outside of local network. Endless OS 3.7

[Chris_Gumtree]

Hi - My entire household has been running Linux desktop (ubuntu/mint) for at least 10 years. Love that we’re Windows free!

I am now trying out Endless OS in Virtualbox. I love the simple and intuitive interface, automatic updates etc - great work!

Goal is to use this for my elderly parents. They are 2000% IT illiterate, so I will need remote support happening if this will be an option for them.

I have turned on both desktop sharing and remote login (Settings --> Sharing, then turn Sharing ON and Remote Login ON ).

I’m on Win 10 client. I can connect from my local network to both SSH (putty) and remote desktop (Tightvnc client). I connect directly to the IP address, instead of endless.local and it works.

Task ahead is to get both of this happening remotely so that I can debug and fix issues for them.

I’ve setup port forwarding on my router for port 22 to be forwarded to the Virtualbox EOS environment. This time around, my SSH session (putty) fails with no network connection.

I figure it will be the same for remote desktop as well … .unless I can fix this.

Can anybody help me bridge this last mile?

thank you!
chris

[egrath]

Hi,

i assume your VirtualBox Network connection is configured properly - Network Interface set to bridged (to the correct Adapter) and not NAT?

If so, your EOS running in VBox should get assigned a IP Address via DHCP from your local network range. Post the output of the following commands:

ip address

and

ip route show

and

sudo netstat -nap | grep -E "tcp.*(22|3390)"