VPN, Apple II, Ethernet

grimakis · Sep 29, 2015

Hi,

I'm wondering if this is possible. There is a Telnet server that I'd like to connect to, but it is only accessible through a VPN I have access to. Is there a way that I can connect my laptop to the VPN in a standard way, and then connect my Apple II to my laptop via Ethernet(using the Uthernet card)? I'd like to be able to "pass-through" my Internet connection to the Apple II.

I don't have a very good technical understanding of networking. I'm just wondering if this is possible? Perhaps a better proof on concept would be, Can I connect a second PC to my laptop, and pass through the VPN access / DNS?

Regards
Grimakis

jsmithepa · Sep 29, 2015

Michael Teutul: "Everything is possible, it just takes more money."

Apple II? seriously? You gotta find an old geezer who knows carburetors. Apple II, (OMG am *that* old

) runs Appletalk and am wondering how that translate into TCP/IP.

You want to write me a blank check?

grimakis · Sep 29, 2015

jsmithepa :

How about the second part? PC to PC? TCP/IP has already been developed for Apple II, so that isn't the issue. A Telnet client exists and everything.

I guess the real question is, can I pass through the VPN connection to a second computer?

grimakis · Sep 29, 2015

Solandri :

jsmithepa :

Appletalk was introduced with the Mac. The Apple II is older.

OP: You're trying to do this the hard way. Yes there's a way to share a VPN from your computer (assuming you have two ethernet cards, or ethernet + wifi). But it's only explicitly available in Windows 7 and Vista. It's called Internet Connection Sharing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Connection_Sharing
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/using-internet-connection-sharing#1TC=windows-7

I don't think it's available as a standard function in Windows 8 or 10, though I hear the parts are still there so you can get it working with some hacking.
http://www.ms4u.info/2012/08/enable-internet-connection-sharing-in.html

The far, far easier way is to just get a router which can act as a VPN client. Then you use the router to connect to the VPN. And all devices connected to the router will then go over the VPN. If your current router supports DD-WRT as 3rd party firmware, then it may already be capable of doing this (depending on the type of VPN you wish to connect to).

Based on that Microsoft help page, it specifically states that ICS will allow you to route traffic through a Corporate VPN. Since my work laptop is running Windows 7, this seems like an easy and realistic way to connect my Apple II to our VPN.

Thanks,
Grimakis

McHenryB · Sep 29, 2015

jsmithepa :

Nothing to translate. You just run a TCP/IP stack on the Apple II. http://marina.a2hq.com/

jsmithepa · Sep 29, 2015

McHenryB :

Amazing! We do have a bunch of geezers here.

Solandri · Sep 29, 2015

McHenryB :

LOL. Requires 48 kB of RAM. The Apple II came with 4 kB standard. If I remember right, it had a max of 64 kB. I'm really impressed they managed to squeeze a TCP/IP stack into 48 kB, but that's still nearly all of the 64 kB max memory.

grimakis · Sep 29, 2015

Solandri :

I've got a IIe Platinum with 128k of RAM anyway, so It's no problem.

McHenryB · Sep 29, 2015

Solandri :

Uthernet card - that means it either a IIe or a IIGS, both of which support at least 1MB of RAM. The IIGS wasn't really the same as other Apple IIs, being a 16-bit machine.

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