On Wed, 2017-04-05 at 10:07 -0700, jim stephens wrote:
> Use teamviewer on a system at each end.  There are other services 
> possibly as well.
> 
> Teamviewer is a desktop share utility.  It has a central server in
> the 
> concept of how
> it works rendering the only needed thing to be a working system to 
> connect in any
> way at each end.
> 
> If you can post email, and SSH from that system to the system with
> the 
> problem
> by IP address, perhaps that would work.
> 
> This jumps the NAT problem.
> 
> Thanks
> Jim
> 
> On 4/5/2017 7:53 AM, Paul Simmons wrote:
> > On Wed, 2017-04-05 at 10:09 +0100, Michael Tremer wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > thank you.
> > > 
> > > Can we maybe arrange a session where I log in from remote to your
> > > system and see
> > > what I can find?
> > > 
> > > So far I don't have many ideas.
> > > 
> > > Would this be possible? Where in the world are you even?
> > > 
> > > Best,
> > > -Michael
> > > 
> > > On Mon, 2017-04-03 at 15:35 -0500, Paul Simmons wrote:
> > > > Michael, I forgot to tell you that I'm willing and able to test
> > > > script changes
> > > > (such as the unbound init) or substitute executables on the
> > > > test
> > > > system.
> > > > 
> > > > Thnks,
> > > > Paul
> > 
> > Hello, Michael.
> > 
> > Oh, how I wish!  Unfortunately, I'm NATed and the ISP doesn't allow
> > "local servers".  Also, without working DNS, I'm unsure of how to
> > connect.  I'm in a rural area of West Texas, with "challenging"
> > terrain.  I'm hoping a nearby (~10km distant) fiber provider will
> > build
> > a NLOS WISP in a year or two; they are interested, but not ready to
> > commit.
> > 
> > Perhaps we should take this discussion out of the devel list for
> > now?
> > 
> > I appreciate your attention, and realize you have a lot of others
> > to
> > support.  I notice core110 is in testing.  I'll try some changes
> > locally, based on that release.  I'll poke around in the unbound
> > init.d
> > and get some better info.
> > 
> > I'll report any findings in another thread.
> > 
> > Best,
> > Paul
> > 
> > 
> 
> 

Thank you for your reply, Jim.

I think it'll be less effort to work through this myself.

I already have enough complications with my so-called ISP without
adding proprietary software into the mix.

Thank you for the suggestion, though.

Paul