ssh, port-forwarding problems

sir, refer this article by Daniel J. Barrett:
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/excerpt/ssh_11/index3.html
hope it helps,

Hmmm, interesting but if I understand I would need to be using something more robust than simple wireless routers. I don't believe I have any ability to run scripts on the router (if I do, I'd like to learn how).

Anyway, thanks for the link but I think I will need a different solution.

yes, you can run scripts on a router for ex following perl script on a cisco router will perform,
-- > sh ip bgp summ
-- > sh ip bgp neigh

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use Net::Telnet::Cisco;
$format = "\n ---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n";
#### Source Router from ping OR trace will be done ########
print " router ip is $ARGV[0]\n\n\n";
$ARG_1 = $ARGV[0];

######### Argument value ping or trace ?? #########
#print " router 2nd ip is $ARGV[1]\n";
$PING_TR = $ARGV[1];

if ( $PING_TR eq "1" )
{
$cmdd = "sh ip bgp summ";
print "Command run on Router $ARG_1 # $cmdd \n";
}
elsif ( $PING_TR eq "2" )
{
$cmdd = "sh ip bgp neigh";
print "Command run on Router $ARG_1 # $cmdd \n ";
}
else
{
print "Wrong Argument";
}

my $session = Net::Telnet::Cisco->new(Host => $ARG_1,Timeout => 20);

if ($session)

{
$session->login('USERNAME','PASSWORD');
@conf = $session->cmd($cmdd);
print $format;
print @conf;
print $format;
close LOG;
$session->close;
} else {
print 'Router is not Reachable';
}

RUN Command:
run sh ip bgp nei command -
# perl bgp.pl Router_IP
Hope it helps,
Bhavani Shankar.

Whoa, that just shot way over my head. I will have to spend some time investigating this. However, let me see if understand the basic idea...

In a terminal (or I can write the script and run it) I run this script and "point" it at the router rather than writing and running the script from "within" the router, correct? In other words, there is not a user environment within the router itself that allows for scripting. It has to be done on the PC connected to the router. Do I understand correctly? I know my Linksys router has no tool for writing and running scripts. It just has the web interface for configuring settings.

Will this work with non-cisco routers? I have a cheap Linksys router that you find in homes, not a commercial grade router.

absolutely correct...,we can do scripting on linksys router also..... Pls take a look at:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2004-November/290356.html
Hope it helps,

Thanks for the info. I'm very much a beginner when it comes to scripting so I'm going to have to spend some time with this. It looks like a promising solution but until I know a bit more I have no idea how to proceed.

I did manage to get things working - just not my ideal solution. What I really want is a stand alone router than can run ssh and allow me to set up an ssh tunnel without having to have a computer running all the time.

Thanks again.