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I've been trying to test reverse ssh tunneling over my local network, but I'm not getting anywhere. In fact, it is just opening up a regular ssh connection.

I'm running the command from one machine (the one I want to connect to from a different machine):
ssh -R 2222:localhost:22 kent@192.168.0.100

and it is like the '-R 2222:localhost:22' is being ignored and it is just opening up a standard connection and session to 192.168.0.100 as if I typed in only:
ssh kent@192.168.0.100

You use the wrong port: the first command only activates the reverse tunnel waiting for connections on your localhost port 2222.

For example: creates a reverse tunnel connecting AAAA/localhost:4444 to CCCC/localhost:5555. Then logs you on CCCC/localhost:5555

And this creates a man-in-the-middle using AAAA/localhost:4444: tunnels BBBB/localhost:7777 to CCCC/localhost:5555 via AAAA andlogs you also on CCCC/localhost:5555

(sorry multiple edits )