Re: allow IBMI to access sftp server on laptop

What you have done seems correct.

On the router I would lock the port forward down to the outside address of
the IBMi which will provide basic security. I would only have the sftp
server running when you want to use it also for security.

So you can ping from the IBMi to the outside address of your router - Good

You have a port forwarding rule for port 22 to the ip address of your
laptop forwarding to port 22

Your laptop sftp server is listening on port 22

Have you checked Windows firewall on the laptop ? (presuming it is a
Windows laptop)

I use a similar set up for upgrading cisco routers remotely and just
remove the port forwarding when I am done and it works reliably.

Cheers

Don






From: "Jay Vaughn" <jeffersonvaughn@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion"
<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 13/08/2020 02:05 AM
Subject: allow IBMI to access sftp server on laptop
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I have an sftp server on my laptop deployed.
I can use filezilla to connect to the sftp server.

Before I go any further, I was never schooled much in the way of
tcp/networking connectivity.
so...
I can ping my local ip address from my IBMi lpar.
But cannot ping my private lan ip address from my IBMi lpar.

What do I need to do to to allow access to my private lan ip address?
I accessed my lan router and ensured port 22 was open enabled for in/out
traffic.
Also on that router, I setup up a port forwarding rule using my lan ip
address and specifying port 22.

still no luck.

tia

Jay