[SOLVED] SSH Tunnel, SuSE 10.1, re-routing internet

[MALON]

Note: I do not have root access.

I am familiar on a very low level with SuSE. Here is the goal:

I live in a dorm. Internet is awful. School computer labs always have good internet. Being a computer science student, they have given me access to their Linux lab from home (dorm) via SSH tunneling to my account using PuTTY and from there I start a VNC server (still on my account). I should mention that on my dorm computers, I run XP.

Summary: Want internet to tunnel from Linux lab account to my computer. Why? Because bandwidth between the dorm and the Linux server is super fast, and the Linux server has super fast internet. Therefore, if set up correctly, dorm computers could have super fast internet. By super fast, I mean 165 kB/sec. Plenty fast though. Currently, the dorms are not even fast enough to stream youtube. Our download rate is around 20 kB/sec, until around 12:30 - 1 a.m. - when everyone finally goes to bed.

Current setup: I browse the internet fine through the VNC server. What about downloading a file? Download it to the VNC desktop, then file transfer it to the local machine. A little troubling, but manageable. What about streaming a video? No go. Technically I can stream it through VNC, but I obviously don't get sound.

Ideal setup: Forget VNC alltogether and route internet to my machine.

Since they have provided me already with a secure tunnel to their lab, I can foresee that this may be possible. I also have the ability to compile programs, if needed.

Here are the details of the OS:

OS: Linux 2.6.16.54-0.2.3-smp i686
System: SUSE LINUX 10.1 (i586)
KDE: 3.5.1 Level "a"

This was kind of difficult for me to explain properly, so it's possible I left out something of importance. If I did, let me know.

Remember: I do not have root access.

Thank you.

--MALON

[MALON]

I've solved my issue. Sorry for the unneeded post. I remember trying to figure this out before and it was too much for me, that's why I made this post. Apparently I got smart.

http://www.slugsite.com/archives/315 are the instructions I used if anyone is interested.

Thanks again.

--MALON

[oz]

Thanks for posting back with the fix, MALON.