Connect To Other Pc In Lcoal Network?

I want to connect to another linux machine in a local network such that I can run a terminal on it, as if I were sitting in front of it.

I enabled SSH, external zone, in the YaST->Securit y & Users->Firewall settings, but now I'm at something of a loss. I'm told I need to set port-forwarding in a router, but before I go hassling the network guys, can anyone explain a bit more about that to me so I know I'm doing the right thing?

'Chops

Edit: Oh, for crying out loud, I was thinking about this way too much and it turned out to be simplicity itself over a local network. I didn't need to fiddle with any settings at all, it seemed, to use SSH to connect. Nonetheless, if anyone has an answer to the above that will help when I decide to log in to a machine at work from home, I'd appreciate it.

I want to connect to another linux machine in a local network such that I can run a terminal on it, as if I were sitting in front of it.

I enabled SSH, external zone, in the YaST->Securit y & Users->Firewall settings, but now I'm at something of a loss. I'm told I need to set port-forwarding in a router, but before I go hassling the network guys, can anyone explain a bit more about that to me so I know I'm doing the right thing?

'Chops

Edit: Oh, for crying out loud, I was thinking about this way too much and it turned out to be simplicity itself over a local network. I didn't need to fiddle with any settings at all, it seemed, to use SSH to connect. Nonetheless, if anyone has an answer to the above that will help when I decide to log in to a machine at work from home, I'd appreciate it.
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I would imagine you would need to talk to your IT department. Generally they don't want just anyone logging in remotely. Once you have permission and a connection through the firewall, ssh has no problem logging into remote computers; that is what it was designed to do.