To SSH to your machine from the outside world - i.e. to access it from another location, such as the office - you will need to know the public IP address of your internet connection and, additionally, you will need to have the port that is set-up for SSH (222 by default) forwarded to your Linux box. If your internet connection is assigned a dynamic IP address (and many are), then this will change each time you re-connect to the net. In this case, I recommend signing-up to one of the free Dynamic DNS services out there, then you will have a name (e.g. AllStarNode@dyndns.org) that you can use. There are also Dynamic Dns update clients (e.g. ddclient), that you install on your PC which will keep the dynamic DNS server updated with your address. Alternatively, many ADSL routers support automatic Dynamic DNS updates. It sounds like a lot, but it's pretty straightforward. To discover your present public IP address, type "curl whatismyip.org" at the console prompt. Bottom line is that the one thing that you don't actually need to access your Linux machine from the outside world is its own hostname :-) I hope that helps a little. David Osborn GD4HOZ Message: 1 Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 07:06:27 EDT From: Tremors834@aol.com Subject: [App_rpt-users] Hostname/fqdn To: app_rpt-users@qrvc.com Message-ID: <4eb07.3dccc595.39bf5fb3@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I am having trouble finding the Hostname/fqdn of my server. It's needed so I may remote/SSH using Putty. If I type Hostname at the command prompt I get the correct 1 word "hostname" but this it isn't enough I'm sure to remote SSH. app_rpt was installed using the ACID iso. What would I need to do? Thanks, Gene KC2WDZ