On 8/14/2010 5:20 PM, Markus Lanz wrote: > I don't know. Can openvpn really help in my case?? Remember, i cannot open or > even forward a port on the router where the clients are hidden behind? > Wouldn't i have to set up a site to site VPN from one router to the other > either, if i could access the router?
I see something ambiguous here. A lot depends on how this router is configuration The client is behind a router. You say you cannot change the router settings. Let's work with that, keeping in mind that within the Bacula protocol: * the Director *must* be able to initiate communication with the File Daemon * the File Daemon must be be able to initiate communication with the Storage Daemon Thus: * if your client cannot initiate outgoing comms to the SD, you're in a whole heap of trouble. From what you've said about your router, I content * This does not mean the client cannot initiate outside connections. The client may still be able to initiate outgoing connections (to the SD for example) * The router may have a list of outgoing ports to which the client can connect. There is no reason why the SD cannot listen on one of those ports or have that port on YOUR firewall redirected to the actual port. Do a simple test: from the client, assuming your SD is at 10.0.0.1 and listening on port 9103: telnet 10.0.0.1 9103 You should see this: $ telnet 10.55.0.67 9103 Trying 10.55.0.67... Connected to ngaio.unixathome.org. Escape character is '^]'. type something Connection closed by foreign host. $ Once we know this, we can start forming a plan. -- Dan Langille - http://langille.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Make an app they can't live without Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
