Andy Burns  wrote:
> Chris Green wrote:
>
> > So does just trying to connect *to* the device which has the data sim
> > dongle wake up the connection?
>
> A *little* bit more than that, a lot of 4G dongles still pretend to be
> modems, using e.g. ATDT*99# command to "dial" the connection, no
> dialling takes place, but it's a convenient lie to allow a PPP daemon to
> bring up the 4G connection and get an IP addr etc.
>
> > It means one needs a dynamic DNS
> > service but that's not a big problem.
>
> That'll work, provided your mobile provider gives you a public IP
> address, not a private one that's NATed.

Or I can do what I already do out through the marina WiFi, set up
reverse ssh tunnels.  That might actually be the way to do it anyway
as it avoids the need for dynamic DNS.


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