Re: [cobalt-users] port forwarding for Qube 2

["dr. mikey." <mikey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jerry Ellis wrote:

> I have a software vender that wants to connect to a machine on the
> private network running their software via PCAnywhere via the
> Internet.  I know there is a .pkg for the Qube 3 but can't find
> anything for the Qube 2. Anyone have a solution?

i know of no port forwarding pkg's available for the qube2, however, i 
and several others have successfully installed a small utility called 
portfwd (http://sourceforge.net/projects/portfwd/).  and it has been 
discussed periodically on this list over the last couple of years.  a 
quick search of the list archives (see message footer for the link) 
should provide you with the info you need.  and since "search the 
archives" is often not appreciated as a valid response, here are 3 
relevant posts i found by searching the archives (the first 2 deal 
specifically with pcanywhere):

http://list.cobalt.com/pipermail/cobalt-users/2000-September/023107.html
http://list.cobalt.com/pipermail/cobalt-users/2001-September/053816.html
http://list.cobalt.com/pipermail/cobalt-users/2001-July/050853.html

a couple final notes: (1) portfwd only comes precompiled for the i386 
platform and a qube2 is mips-based, which means you will have to 
download the source and compile it yourself (this is not difficult, but 
can be intimidating if you haven't done it before); and (2) portfwd is 
now at v0.26rc, which is considerably later than the version i was 
working with when i first posted on this a year ago, so ymmv.

in any case remember that this is possible, others have done it before, 
so if it doesn't work at first...keep at it.

good luck.

mikey.

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mike songster
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