Remote Management and Remote Login

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Remote Management and Remote Login

Not sure if this is the right discussion area, but cannot find it in the Discussions page, but I am trying to use the Remote login and Remote Management features to log into my wife's Macbook from my Macbook Pro.
Both Mac's are configured / cross checked to allow Remote Management and Remote Login, but when I type the IP address the Macbook is giving me, into the Macbook Pro, I get an Apache Webserver page, and if I try the ssh XXX@local, it comes up with a potential phishing warning?
Can anyone please give me some step by step guidance on how I can remotely log into another Macbook?

Thank you, Ian

Macbook 2.26Ghz, & Macbook Pro 2Ghz, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Sep 17, 2010 7:53 AM

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Tesserax

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Sep 17, 2010 10:34 AM in response to Ian Thompson4

Please check out the following Macworld article to see if it will help: Macworld: No-stress remote access

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Sep 17, 2010 11:09 AM in response to Tesserax

Okay, thanks. I am currently getting the internet through a Satellite modem >>>> Netgear router >>>> AEBS because of the distance I am from the Sat Modem. It mentions I have to forward port 22 and 3283 / 5900. Do you know where I do this on an AEBS?

Thanks, Ian

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Tesserax

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Sep 17, 2010 11:47 AM in response to Ian Thompson4

Is the AEBSn connected to the Netgear by Ethernet AND is it configured as a bridge?

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Sep 17, 2010 2:16 PM in response to Tesserax

It is connected to the Netgear by ethernet and is configured as a bridge.
(When you click on Internet under Connection Sharing it says Off(Bridge mode)) If that is what you mean?

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Tesserax

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Sep 17, 2010 2:22 PM in response to Ian Thompson4

Yes, that is exactly what I was referring to. Thank you for clarifying that for me. As a bridge, all of the AEBSn's ports are already open. That means you will need to configure the upstream (Netgear) router, that is providing NAT, for port forwarding/mapping in order to get Remote Management to work.

Another option, and to make this a lot easier, is to consider using Back to My Mac (BTMM) if you already have a MobileMe account instead. With BTMM, it will take care of all the messing work of port forwarding for you.

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