Query re internet connection

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Hi all,

is it possible to use an ethernet connection for all network connections, except for chrome where i want to connect via wifi?
 
My guess is the OP is on a company network and social networking sites are blocked.
If so, then you are lucky your computer isn't locked down and you are able to install Chrome.
As an alternative, I know people who use a tablet for surfing and music while at work; seems a far easier than hacking the work PC.
 
DuncanDisorderly said:
My guess is the OP is on a company network and social networking sites are blocked.
If so, then you are lucky your computer isn't locked down and you are able to install Chrome.
As an alternative, I know people who use a tablet for surfing and music while at work; seems a far easier than hacking the work PC.
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Spot on. Also i use dropbox and google drive which are also blocked.

More of a technical 'how would you do that' query rather than an ethical 'should i' !
 
Rapscallion said:
Spot on. Also i use dropbox and google drive which are also blocked. More of a technical 'how would you do that' query rather than an ethical 'should i' !
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You should consider the ethical, our policy for example will land you in disciplinary proceedings.. I wouldn't hesitate to flag it with management too.

Speak to your IT team, they may be able to do something for out of hours and lunchtimes which won't land you in hot water.
 
I'm afraid I agree with Neil.
Some companies I know are woefully behind on security patches, anti virus, etc and rely entirely on their firewall being tighter than a duck's arse. Hence bypassing the firewall may open a security breach.
If you are on a laptop with all the latest updates and patch, then this may be normal business; in which case just pull out the network cable while at lunch - but you need to think long and hard before plugging in a wifi dongle into a work PC.

On the technical side - sorry.
Must admit I was curious about how to go about it.
But whether you should is probably a more significant issue.
 
Contravening company policy aside, I think you'd have to do it at the command level (I don't know of any way of doing this through a GUI). You'd need to get to know the workings of routing and gateways and then drop to a DOS prompt and use the route command (see: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490991.aspx).

You really need to know what you're doing though. I've setup a couple of OpenVPN networks on my firewall to selectively route things through different gateways - it's not for the feint-hearted!
 
arad85 said:
Contravening company policy aside, I think you'd have to do it at the command level (I don't know of any way of doing this through a GUI). You'd need to get to know the workings of routing and gateways and then drop to a DOS prompt and use the route command (see: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490991.aspx).
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It's more difficult than that, I think, because it is just one application that works as a client to a particular protocol (HTTP) that needs to be re-routed to a different gateway, other HTTP clients will presumably continue to use the normal route. And route only makes decisions based on ip addresses / subnets, doesn't even consider ports, never mind protocols or applications .

neil's suggestion seems the most workable, get it opened up outside of normal office hours.


As an aside, my contract of employment was signed before info.cern.ch had an http server on it, so has nothing to say about my use of the company's internet access for personal reasons .... My approach is not to take the <mild expletive>.
 
i guess this is for personal activities?

thing is, the company wireless will be on the same gateway most likely anyway so that wont work. unless the OP was thinking through a mobile hotspot.

i think you could get it working by setting up some sort of proxy which used the wifi hot spot and then set the browser to use the proxy but that would definitely be a no-no as it wouldn't be hard for the IT team to find out and then personally I'd be marching you straight to HR...

speak to IT, they don't bite. as above there are often reason why some things are blocked and they may be able to suggest something, especially out of hours. if you go for the back door approach straight off the bat then you're more likely to get their backs up.
 
onomatopoeia said:
It's more difficult than that, I think, because it is just one application that works as a client to a particular protocol (HTTP) that needs to be re-routed to a different gateway, other HTTP clients will presumably continue to use the normal route. And route only makes decisions based on ip addresses / subnets, doesn't even consider ports, never mind protocols or applications .
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Yes, but that's probably good enough - you just have to route all possible IPs/subnets that you want to access through the second connection (i.e. the ones you'd access through Chrome). I agree, it becomes way more tricky (impossible??) if you want to access the same machines differently depending on browser. I think I'd be doing that from a VM which used the wifi exclusively rather than trying to do it using route...
 
Your best option would be to have your computer on at home running an ssh server. Find your home external ip

Create a static route on your work desktop that routes all traffic to your home ip via the wireless card.

Install putty on you work PC, then create an ssh tunnel back to your home PC.

In putty Create a winsock proxy port, then set that port as your proxy server in chrome.

End result is that anything you load in chrome routes via your home PC and through your home Internet connection.

This opens up all kinds of problems for your work IT an they will sack you if the find out.

Google it and there are loads of step by step guides...
 
Yup. That would work assuming you can ssh out of work (we can't). Or install something that routes ssh over http(s) and do it over a standard http link.

But then if you are doing that to get around restrictions, you are probably opening yourself up to dismissal for gross misconduct (or you would be where I work at least).
 
arad85 said:
Yup. That would work assuming you can ssh out of work (we can't). Or install something that routes ssh over http(s) and do it over a standard http link.

But then if you are doing that to get around restrictions, you are probably opening yourself up to dismissal for gross misconduct (or you would be where I work at least).
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Indeed. A decent corporate network will have a firewall in place to block the ssh ports and/or a http proxy to screen web traffic. (And the disciplinary procedures to back those up)

Might just be easier to disconnect from works network and hotspot your mobile device.
 
arad85 said:
Yup. That would work assuming you can ssh out of work (we can't). Or install something that routes ssh over http(s) and do it over a standard http link.

But then if you are doing that to get around restrictions, you are probably opening yourself up to dismissal for gross misconduct (or you would be where I work at least).
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neil_g said:
Indeed. A decent corporate network will have a firewall in place to block the ssh ports and/or a http proxy to screen web traffic. (And the disciplinary procedures to back those up)

Might just be easier to disconnect from works network and hotspot your mobile device.
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The static route for his home ip to use the default gateway of his wifi card would mean it would never hit the firewall. All traffic destined for the home ip would travel via the wifi internet connection.
 
I would be very careful about approaching IT....my advice, uninstall dropbox/google drive and don't ever use anything like that again.

I would probably find my account locked instantly and be escorted from the building if I contacted helpdesk about problems with those apps.
 
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