Accessing Bubba 1 thru Bubba 2 - how?

Hammer · Post by **Hammer** » 29 Sep 2008, 15:41

So B2 is now my gateway to internet. Works nicely.

1. How do I forward traffic to the old B1, which is NATed?

2. What do I type in my browser at work to access B1 thru B2?

Cheers,
Hammer

Hammer · Post by **Hammer** » 04 Oct 2008, 05:35

No one that knows this?

Eek · Post by **Eek** » 04 Oct 2008, 05:48

to access B1 through B2 you have to setup port forwarding.
so if you don't use the apache webserver on B2
then redirect port 80 to B1 ip on port 80
If you do use B2 apache,
then redirect port 81 to B1 ip on port 80
Or option number 3, you use apache modules rewrite/proxy
to redirect a url on B2 to B1 (for example http://B2/B1)
see http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_proxy.html for more info/ examples

Just depends on what you want, which option is best.

hopes this helps

cheers
Eek

Hammer · Post by **Hammer** » 04 Oct 2008, 08:23

Thanks Eek.

How do I know if I use Apache? I use the web interface that comes pre installed on B2

And I can only use port 80 from work, but I would like to be able to access some restricted sites/protocols, like hotmail.

Now, I went into the Firewall section and forwarded 80 to 81 on B1, using B1's NAT IP. When surfing to B2 via Easyfind I get nothing. When removing the forward I get the web interface of B2 again.

What am I doing wrong?

Cheers,
Hammer

Eek · Post by **Eek** » 04 Oct 2008, 08:51

I you are using the web interface of B2, you are using the apache webserver.
in the firewall section, you set port 81 to B1 IP (192.168.x.x) on port 80
now you should be able to use: http://eayfind.bubbaserver.com:81
this should give the B1 website

And I can only use port 80 from work, but I would like to be able to access some restricted sites/protocols, like hotmail.

what do you mean by that? could you say more about that?

cheers
Eek

Hammer2 · Post by **Hammer2** » 07 Oct 2008, 03:34

Thanks for the suggestion, but I can't do that. Port 81 is not open for external traffic. We can use 80 and 443, that's it.

Can I add a link on the web server to Bubba1? If so, any recommended software I should use? Is Dreamweaver useable?

With regards to work restrictions, there is a huge number of sites that are disallowed at work. (Bluecoat induced I think.) Some of those would be nice to get to anyway, like hotmail and gaming sites.
Problem is that the IT dept also sniffs packets to check content, and I'm unsure if the tunneling of other protocols in http traffic is detectable or not. If it is I will not risk it.

/Hammer

Eek · Post by **Eek** » 07 Oct 2008, 03:48

well i am not going to tell you what to do or not to do
i guess you yourself get you will be in trouble if they find out you are breaking company policies.

Getting back to the problem, i don't really get it.
if you are trying to access your bubba1 website, you could do that using apache mod_proxy on the bubba2 website.
if you are trying to tunnel securely to sites, you just open an ssh connection to one of your bubbas at home and use that as your proxy.
You could tunnel port 443 to 22 for instance.
the traffic is encrypted, so they don't see what you send, only that you are sending and receiving.

cheers
Eek

pa · Post by pa » 09 Oct 2008, 10:12

Hi,

Just a not on this regarding easyfind.
Easyfind is not a true dns service, but using a redirect, thus only working on standard http(s) ports, port 80 and 443.

/PA