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mcp6453
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Fri Oct 29, 2004 1:25 am Post subject:
Proxy for News Server Access |
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I have a DSL account at my office that has access to an excellent news
provider. My RoadRunner news server accessible at home is terrible.
There is a way that I can set up a proxy server such that I can access
my office news server through my home computer. The office DSL has a
static IP. How can I access my office news server from home? I do not
want to use pcAnywere or Remote Desktop Protocol because of speed.
I know that this can be done, because a guy in
bellsouth.net.support.adsl was posting from outside BellSouth when the
newsgroup was only available if you were accessing from a BellSouth
account. He said that he had a proxy through a friend's computer that
was on BellSouth. He has not been heard from in a year, so I cannot ask
him for a better explanation. |
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Cyrus Afzali
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Fri Oct 29, 2004 7:56 am Post subject:
Re: Proxy for News Server Access |
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On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 17:25:37 -0400, mcp6453 <mcp6453@earthlink.net>
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| Quote: | I have a DSL account at my office that has access to an excellent news
provider. My RoadRunner news server accessible at home is terrible.
There is a way that I can set up a proxy server such that I can access
my office news server through my home computer. The office DSL has a
static IP. How can I access my office news server from home? I do not
want to use pcAnywere or Remote Desktop Protocol because of speed.
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If the news server at the office is behind a firewall, I don't see how
you'd be able to do it without using pcAnywhere, etc. |
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mcp6453
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Fri Oct 29, 2004 4:21 pm Post subject:
Re: Proxy for News Server Access |
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Cyrus Afzali wrote:
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On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 17:25:37 -0400, mcp6453 <mcp6453@earthlink.net
wrote:
I have a DSL account at my office that has access to an excellent news
provider. My RoadRunner news server accessible at home is terrible.
There is a way that I can set up a proxy server such that I can access
my office news server through my home computer. The office DSL has a
static IP. How can I access my office news server from home? I do not
want to use pcAnywere or Remote Desktop Protocol because of speed.
If the news server at the office is behind a firewall, I don't see how
you'd be able to do it without using pcAnywhere, etc.
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Port forwarding? Dunno, but I obviously have full access to the router. |
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Earl Camembert
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Sun Oct 31, 2004 10:21 am Post subject:
Re: Proxy for News Server Access |
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On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 17:25:37 -0400, mcp6453 <mcp6453@earthlink.net>
wrote:
| Quote: | I have a DSL account at my office that has access to an excellent news
provider. My RoadRunner news server accessible at home is terrible.
There is a way that I can set up a proxy server such that I can access
my office news server through my home computer. The office DSL has a
static IP. How can I access my office news server from home? I do not
want to use pcAnywere or Remote Desktop Protocol because of speed.
I know that this can be done, because a guy in
bellsouth.net.support.adsl was posting from outside BellSouth when the
newsgroup was only available if you were accessing from a BellSouth
account. He said that he had a proxy through a friend's computer that
was on BellSouth. He has not been heard from in a year, so I cannot ask
him for a better explanation.
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I would strongly suggest you ask your IT department what there policy
is on remote access. |
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mcp6453
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Sun Oct 31, 2004 7:26 pm Post subject:
Re: Proxy for News Server Access |
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Earl Camembert wrote:
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On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 17:25:37 -0400, mcp6453 <mcp6453@earthlink.net
wrote:
I have a DSL account at my office that has access to an excellent news
provider. My RoadRunner news server accessible at home is terrible.
There is a way that I can set up a proxy server such that I can access
my office news server through my home computer. The office DSL has a
static IP. How can I access my office news server from home? I do not
want to use pcAnywere or Remote Desktop Protocol because of speed.
I know that this can be done, because a guy in
bellsouth.net.support.adsl was posting from outside BellSouth when the
newsgroup was only available if you were accessing from a BellSouth
account. He said that he had a proxy through a friend's computer that
was on BellSouth. He has not been heard from in a year, so I cannot ask
him for a better explanation.
I would strongly suggest you ask your IT department what there policy
is on remote access.
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I am the IT Department. Since I pay the bills, I get to set the policy. |
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Guest
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Mon Nov 01, 2004 7:03 pm Post subject:
Re: Proxy for News Server Access |
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mcp6453 wrote:
| Quote: | I have a DSL account at my office that has access to an excellent
news
provider. My RoadRunner news server accessible at home is terrible.
There is a way that I can set up a proxy server such that I can
access
my office news server through my home computer. The office DSL has a
static IP. How can I access my office news server from home? I do not
want to use pcAnywere or Remote Desktop Protocol because of speed.
I know that this can be done, because a guy in
bellsouth.net.support.adsl was posting from outside BellSouth when
the
newsgroup was only available if you were accessing from a BellSouth
account. He said that he had a proxy through a friend's computer that
was on BellSouth. He has not been heard from in a year, so I cannot
ask
him for a better explanation.
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The way I did this was via port forwarding on the router. You open a
port that listens and instead of forwarding to a machine's IP and port
in your LAN, it forwards to the newsserver's IP and port.
The problem with this is that you have to make sure you can secure it
somehow. Most of the low end routers will not be able to restrict who
or where from they will allow connections. The routing code I was using
did provide adequate security though, so we didn't have problems.
The other thing to keep in mind is the bandwidth will be limited to
whatever your DSL line's upstream is. |
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