I recently found out that my ISP disables port 135. I have a server and personal computer behind my router. A friend and I are working on a programming project and are running into some sql issues because of this blocked port. For him to be able to access everything, I have dynadns configured
Personal Computer: 192.168.1.100
Server Computer: 192.168.1.110
Is there a way for me to forward localhost traffice from port 135 to say port 8081 and then have my server take incoming requests from port 8081 to 135? I have heard a little bit about ssh tunneling but it seems odd to be using Putty to login to my local machine where the ssh server is running to forward ports.
Any advice would be very helpful.
Thanks
EDIT: I am using a router with dd-wrt installed and have installed the vpn addon. I was trying to get VPN working on my windows 2003 computer but was having problems with the GRE protocol not being configured. I will attempt the vpn option with my router and post my results later today.
Best Answer
You want to set up a VPN on one of your computers, and have the other one log into that one. That way they will appear to be on the same subnet, and have full access to each other without exposing vulnerable ports to the world.
A really good Open Source VPN is OpenVPN. I've only used the server under linux though, so I can't comment on how easy it is to set up on windows.
Another option is to flash your router with dd-wrt firmware. There is a version that includes an OpenVPN server, and would connect your entire network to his.