hey all,
Does anybody know of a way to forward packets from one host on a network segment to another host on another network segment. Whats going on here is that on my network here is some kind of bandwidth restrictions. But when i go to the computer lab in the basement, there is absolutely no limitations on bandwidth. What i was wondering is if there is a way to forward all the traffic from my PC in my room to a host in the basement and from there it will go onto the internet. is this possible?? My PC in my room and the computer in the basement are on the same network but different subnets. Im not sure if this poses an extra problem or not. I'm not even sure its possible but it should work in theory right??

This sounds like a college and dorm situation. If it is, BEWARE. What you are doing is in all likelyhood against the "appropriate use" policy you no doubt signed off on during registration. Doing what you're asking could lead to expulsion and quite possibly criminal charges since this would likely be considered hacking.

They restrict your bandwidth in the dorms for a reason. They KNOW that a lot of you want to use point-to-point software to share illegal music/video/software (which sucks up huge amounts of their bandwidth) and this is how they prevent it.

I will say this, it is possible, but not for you. The network admin/technicians could probably set this up but you won't have access to the necessary network devices to do it. So, as an alternative you can go ask the IT people about doing this but I would say, don't hold out much hope for them doing it. They don't want you and your friends sucking up all their bandwidth for illegal practices.

illegal practices is not the motive. first off bit torrent is completely blocked (can't download the torrents or connect to peers) and lime wire will not connect no matter no matter what port you set it to. besides, i wouldn't risk downloading that stuff on campus..

i actually want to do this for online gaming. gaming is not against the acceptable use policy and in the room we are limited to less than 300Kbps so any Halo 3 of Call of Duty 4 is out of the question...

Well, again, to try and circumvent security measures in place is illegal and could lead to issues I'm sure you don't want (ie: expulsion/criminal charges) so your only option is to talk to the IT people at your college, explain your problem and your needs and ask if there's anything they can, and will, do about it.

Don't hold your breath though, again, they're not likely to care.

You'll pardon me for chuckling but I noticed that even though you said, "illegal practices is not the motive"

You immediately followed that with, "first off bit torrent is completely blocked (can't download the torrents or connect to peers) and lime wire will not connect no matter no matter what port you set it to. besides"

The fact that you checked leaves me just a wee bit skeptical about your motives. Not that I'm passing judgement. It's just that this question gets asked a lot and it's always one or the other or both.....gaming or P-to-P software behind the request.

You might want to check into the possibily of getting highspeed internet connected into your dorm room from a local ISP.

I don't know if this is possible or not but if it is, that's an option. Again, you'd likely have to check that with the school administration (even if it's possible, it may be against their rules to allow outside providers) and with the local highspeed providers.