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Acktose5123
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2012-02-22 18:36:47 UTC
I'm currently taking a Linux class in college, and we've just gone through installing the OS and setting things up (I am no Linux expert, which is why I'm taking this class)

Long story short, for a class project, I'd like to have Eve up and running through Wine (or whatever it is one would use) on the computer. In itself, this doesn't seem like a difficult task (other than the fact that I cannot get it to work -.-) However, our school's network is behind a firewall, with only certain ports being open. I asked the admin if they could open the necessary ports for Eve to work, but they declined.

They said if I wanted to get Eve to work on campus, I would have to configure it to use one of the already-open ports.

So, I signed up for an account with a VPN service (https://www.privatetunnel.com/) and it works with windows. I can play Eve at school on my laptop with this software running, but I can't get it to work through Wine either...

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated Ugh
l0rd carlos
the king asked me to guard the mountain
#2 - 2012-02-24 02:07:48 UTC
Use a native linux VPN client.
Maybe your distro allready got one installed, ask your local Linux expert ;-)

If the VPN works all programms, including wine, should automaticly use it to get on the internet.

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Bent Barrel
#3 - 2012-02-24 09:50:52 UTC
quite a lot of options here ....

openvpn, or you can ssh tunnel eve or use some other proxy service. set up transparent proxy on localhost etc.....
Acktose5123
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2012-02-25 16:23:44 UTC
I'm quite the linux / networking noob... wouldn't I need a computer off campus for the ssh tunnel to work? (which I do not have)

Or is there a linux version of the service I linked earlier?
l0rd carlos
the king asked me to guard the mountain
#5 - 2012-02-27 06:14:33 UTC
Yes, for an ssh tunnel you need an ssh server outside of the campus network.

Use VPN if you allready got a vpn server, most ditros have an vpn client installed by default. To tro google or ask around.

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Acktose5123
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#6 - 2012-02-27 19:13:01 UTC  |  Edited by: Acktose5123
Ok, I now have access to a windows machine outside of the network... Probably not optimal, but its all I have.
Where exactly do I start? I have no idea >.<

EDIT: So I got the OpenVPN profile from the service I talked about earlier, followed the instructions, and it doesn't seem to work. A bunch of stuff in the terminal happens, then I get this:

Quote:
Mon Feb 27 13:09:15 2012 ROUTE default_gateway=192.168.210.254
Mon Feb 27 13:09:15 2012 Note: Cannot ioctl TUNSETIFF tun: Operation not permitted (errno=1)
Mon Feb 27 13:09:15 2012 Note: Attempting fallback to kernel 2.2 TUN/TAP interface
Mon Feb 27 13:09:15 2012 Cannot allocate TUN/TAP dev dynamically
Mon Feb 27 13:09:15 2012 Exiting
austneal@austneals-loveshack:~/Desktop$
COMM4NDER
Legendary Umbrellas
#7 - 2012-02-27 19:54:51 UTC  |  Edited by: COMM4NDER
you will get faster help with your local IRC channel.

irc.freenode.net
#ubuntu
#archlinux
#kubnutu
etc.....

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Acktose5123
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#8 - 2012-02-27 20:01:58 UTC  |  Edited by: Acktose5123
Quote:
* Disconnected ().
* Looking up irc.freenonde.net
* Unknown host. Maybe you misspelled it?


Maybe I just wasn't meant to use Linux....

EDIT: Saw the typo... and fixed >.<

But since I'm still behind that firewall... I cant connect
COMM4NDER
Legendary Umbrellas
#9 - 2012-02-27 20:06:49 UTC
damn they even locked down those ports, try to check what ports are open and use them. ore try to connect from a browser instead.

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Acktose5123
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#10 - 2012-02-27 20:12:37 UTC
Im using a web client at the moment to get help... I'll try to post here what I did, if i ever get any help =/
Acktose5123
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#11 - 2012-03-05 20:11:06 UTC  |  Edited by: Acktose5123
I've managed to get a connection to my VPN service, but now there's something screwy with the DNS.

While its running, if i go to "www.google.com" int the browser, it gives me a dns failure. But if i enter google's IP address, it comes up just fine.

After I close the VPN, everything works fine again

EDIT: I've also managed to get the Eve client working \o/ Now all I need to do, is figure out the DNS problem, and I'll be good to go
Elegbara
White Wolf Enterprises
#12 - 2012-03-05 20:39:14 UTC
I guess you can configure your vpn client to use a certain DNS server. Point it to any public DNS server. 8.8.8.8 is (AFAIK) a google's one.

Open your eyes. And awaken.
Acktose5123
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#13 - 2012-03-07 19:51:34 UTC
Would just like to say that I am currently playing Eve on the school's computer ^-^

Thanks to all who helped