How can I interact with my home router via a device on the local network using ssh?

Question

I have a raspberry pi plugged into my router at home, running raspbian. Before I left for work I:

Configured the router to forward ports 80 and 22 to the pi
Configured dyndns

This all works, and I can access the pi using http and ssh. The problem is, I forgot to forward another port that I want to use! What I want to do is connect from the pi to my home router's web interface to forward the other port. The router interface is awful: heavy and graphical, and uses javascript. What should I do?

lynx: To view the Web interface of your device, JavaScript must be supported and enabled on your browser! Please enable scripting and refresh your browser. — Tom Medley, Jan 27 '14 at 10:47

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 27 '14 at 13:41

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Setting up an SSH tunnel worked just fine. From work:

ssh -L 8080:192.168.1.254:80 <pi>

Then connecting to localhost:8080 from my browser.

edited Jan 27 '14 at 13:41

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answered Jan 27 '14 at 10:55

Tom Medley

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How can I interact with my home router via a device on the local network using ssh?

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