[Ilugc] File sharing between Linux PCs through internet

[Logu]

> Sir,
>     I have an Broad Band Connection in Linux PC. One of my friend having
> Internet connection. We wish to exchange files. We try to use 'ssh'. But 
> the
> result is negative. Which IP to be used?. I give the available  network IP
> list available in my system as below.
>
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:13:D3:F7:A5:47
>          inet addr:192.168.1.211  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>          inet6 addr: fe80::213:d3ff:fef7:a547/64 Scope:Link
>          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>          RX packets:12689 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>          TX packets:12883 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>          RX bytes:9885120 (9.4 MiB)  TX bytes:3585147 (3.4 MiB)
>          Interrupt:209
>
> lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
>          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
>          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
>          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
>          RX packets:2495 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>          TX packets:2495 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>          RX bytes:2517467 (2.4 MiB)  TX bytes:2517467 (2.4 MiB)
>
> ppp0      Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
>          inet addr:59.92.118.44  P-t-P:59.92.112.1  Mask:255.255.255.255
>          UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:1492  Metric:1
>          RX packets:11680 errors:12522 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>          TX packets:11944 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>          collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
>          RX bytes:9515738 (9.0 MiB)  TX bytes:3204267 (3.0 MiB)
>

Ask your friend to use the IP on the pppo interface (59.92.118.44 ) to 
connect to your machine. Make sure to allow incoming connection to port 22 
on iptables. Above all make sure sshd service is running.

Use scp or sftp.


-logu