On Wed, 22 Oct 2003, Daniel Chemko wrote: > Well, I'd say that VPN is the most obvious solution for this problem, > but since you haven't done that already, I assume you aren't doing this > above the radar, or without network competent administrators. > > An SSH tunnel is feasible as long as the client side doesn't need to use > the work IP for the protocol to function. Maybe if you gave some details > on this 'license server' we could get a better idea on what we're > working on. Is this plugging into something like LM Server? The license server is a machine I do not have access to. It is running Elan License Manager software for Tecplot (application I want to use at home to prepare graphs/plots for journal articles). I believe tecplot compares the ip address of application machine to a 'valid' ip domain contained in license obtained from the license server. This was the reasoning behind the 'trick application into thinking I am at work' approch. I could be wrong on this however. If thats the case, I'll look into implementing a VPN solution between my home machine and work machine. (wrong forum, but any pointers/urls on useful VPN software?) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brent Gregersen [mailto:gregerse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 10:08 AM > To: netfilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: work ip address at home > > I need help with the following setup. > > I have one machine at home that gets an IP address (say 1.2.3.4) by DHCP > from an ISP. However, I would like applications on my home machine to > think it has the ip address of my machine at work (say 4.3.2.1). > I would then like to forward a specific port of my home machine to my > work > machine, and then forward that to a license server at work. Thus, > application thinks I'm at work, license server thinks Im at work, but Im > really sitting comfortably in my own home. > > Is this possible? Should this be done with netfilter/iptables or should > I > be looking at another option? > > If it is possible, I could get some extra work done at home, without > having to use certain graphics intensive programs over a tunneled X > connection to my work machine(which is extreamly slow). > > A diagram: > > LinuxA LinuxB LinuxC > |---------HOME---------| |---Work--| |-Work Server-| > |'4.3.2.1' <--> 1.2.3.4|<--->| 4.3.2.1 |<--->| 4.3.2.2 | > |----------------------| |---------| |-------------| > > > Thanks for any help/suggestions > >
