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Uwe Thiem wrote: |
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> On Saturday 05 April 2008, ionut cucu wrote: |
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>> I had a buddy in my lan with whom I shared files and such. But |
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>> recently our campus network management decided to give our my dorm |
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>> building another external ip, and put a firewall( I think) between |
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>> us. So now instead of both of us having the same 141.85.0.75 I now |
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>> have 141.85.0.76. So my question is, being a n00b and all, what can |
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>> I use in order to restore the direct connection? I asked my only |
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>> physical present network admin but apparently his only role is |
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>> pugin computers in switches and give us an ip so he doesn't know |
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>> nothing. I did a nmap on the gateway but I've only found 53/tcp |
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>> open. I wouldn't wanna revert to skype or other 3rd party computers |
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>> since, I guess, it will segnificantlly lower our transfer speeds, |
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>> requier bothe our presence...etc. So what way should I be heading |
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>> here? Any advice is welcome!Thanks! |
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> If only 53 is open, you are pretty much out of luck except for two |
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> possible solutions: |
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> 1. The social solution |
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> You grab a huge bag of gummy bears, carry them to your real network |
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> administrator and ask him to poke a hole for you and your buddy into |
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> the firewalls. |
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> 2. The technical solution |
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> You get a box completely outside your compus's network into which both |
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> of you can ssh. |
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> Uwe |
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Or you get a long cross-over cable, and or long cable + |
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switch......Depend how far your computers are physically seperated. |
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Out of interest, what happens if you nmap your buddies IP and your own |
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from his box? |
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