On Monday 24 November 2008 09:33:51 am ALEX BIRCHALL wrote: > Hi, > > My requirement is this: > > I work in a University library that has an internal network. > > I need to support distance learners who will be connecting to the > Internet via a regular ISP. > > The problem is my experience accessing online resources from > within the University's intranet is significantly different from > that of off-campus users using the resources the library provides > via it's web pages. > > Therefore, in order to support distance learners effectively, I > need to have access to a computer that is accessing the Internet > via a regular ISP. > > At the moment, I have a standalone computer set up with a regular > 56K dial-up modem attached. But this is not ideal. What I > would really like is a virtual machine on my own computer that > detects the dial-up modem and can use it to establish a > connection to the Internet via an ISP. Would this be fairly > straightforward to configure? I have limited experience setting > up VirtualBox machines in the past, and on these occasions I > recall that Internet access was available by default via the LAN, > so having a modem attached would be rather pointless.
A VM on your computer inside the network will use the same connection as your host. The best way to achieve your goal is to have a computer that is actually outside the network that you can connect to from your computer inside the network. If you can connect your computer inside the network via SSH into a computer outside of the network then you can use that computer as though you are sitting in front of it. Then, you will be able to connect to the network the same way others do outside the network. This can be done with a physical or virtual machine. You just have to connect to a box outside the network. This is very simple to do with Linux, because you have all the tools available. This can be done on Windows with Remote Desktop. -- Stealth _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
