antinat mac equivalent, port forwarding

[bboyreason]

i have a macbook unibody intel (not pro) on a network at home;
i would rather just leave the mac book here with an external HD and use a small netbook to carry around;
my home network is a router/switch that is ethernetted to a desktop (it is not sharing internet connection) and the wireless supplies 2 laptops (one macbook) in the house;
i was going to use foxyproxy since i use firefox on every machine, i thought it would be easier, but according to foxyproxy documentation, i need antinat to set this up;

anyone want to point me in the direction of where to get started...

i have tor on the macbook, havent used it in a while, but it functioned well in the past with vidalia;
could i set this up to provide a hop or two for the netbook when on a different network?
basically using tor as a proxy provider through my router and macbook?
edit: btw, home network is using dhcp nat, ip from isp has stayed the same for a long time, but i think it might change

 

[Nethfel]

ok, so if I understand this right:

1) there is a router on your network
2) The router is connected to a switch
3) You have a desktop connected to the switch
4) you have wifi - is it thru an AP or does the router also have wifi?
5) You want to be able to use the netbook on your home network to access the internet

Part I am not sure I follow - are you thinking of using your netbook on other networks to then connect to a proxy at your house to surf the internet?

 

[bboyreason]

._.

the home network is a modem connected to a combination router/switch/wap;
the switch connects to a desktop w/ethernet (shouldnt matter because it doesnt share internet connection);
my macbook unibody 5,1 intel w/nvidia gpu connects to this home network w/wireless;
netbook also connects to home network fine;
but i want to leave the macbook at home and be able to access files on it with the netbook from wherever;
i can set up the netbook, but i have read to use a program called antinat to setup access(port forwarding)
antinat only works on linux and windoze
could i set up a vpn or port forwarding on the macbook 10.5.x (updated)?

 

[Nethfel]

Ah, ok. from what it sounds, the desktop wouldn't share the internet as the router acts as your main gateway and provides internet access.

I'd look into a couple of things:
1) If your router offers VPN access - some do - it would allow you easy access to your local network
2) you can port forward the ports to a computer within your network that can do the vpn functionality
3) antinat is available for osx,but it seems that it was last designed for 10.0 - there may be a more current version, you can check using Macports to see if you can get something.

I know you can setup outbound vpn on a mac, but I've never tried inbound. I'm sure it can be done, but honestly, I don't know how. a vpn would be easiest for what you want to do for file access.

 

[Nethfel]

this might help - it's old but it may get you started:
10.4: Configure a secure L2TP VPN - Mac OS X Hints

or you can look at this:
Download iVPN for Mac - GUI for the VPN server in Mac OS X. MacUpdate Mac Software Downloads

 

[bboyreason]

that got me started

i didnt even think about going to the router through a browser;
it needed a firmware update, so i started the download;
walked away for a minute and when i came back the screen was still the router page but it said "unable to connect to page"
i power cycled the router and the connection is working fine but i cant navigate to the browser page;
just the screen as if i didnt have an internet connection at all;
???

 

[Nethfel]

Hmm, for that I'd say check the manufacturers web page for the router to see what to do in your case - it almost sounds like the firmware upgrade didn't complete or the firmware was corrupted. Did the unit reboot?

 

[bboyreason]

i got it

i was administering the router from laptop on wifi;
apparently the firmware upgrade reset the "allow remote configuration"
had to go plug in;
appreesh tho

 

[Nethfel]

LoL!

Btw, I came across another software package that might be of interest to you - it's really cheap and does VPN...

MacServe | iVPN