[Hidden-tech] Virtual/aliased IP

[Jeff Brand]

Raspberry Pi with piVPN running from your home network. Use OpenVPN client
on your work machine to connect to the home office.
http://www.pivpn.io/

All in, a one-time cost of close to $35-50 depending on whether you have a
microSD and spare USB power lying around.

On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 2:26 PM, Tom Murray <tmurray at cs.umass.edu> wrote:

> *Background*: I'm connecting to a mySQL server (hosted by someone else
> through Dreamhost) and doing some maintenance/reports on the database. I
> was originally using phpmyadmin in a browser and recently switched to an
> ODBC connection so I could use some FileMaker magic for complicated tasks.
> I then discovered that the authentication required the database admin to
> register my IP, so that things work from home but not from other locations
> (unless I send in the other IPs). This must be a common issue for some
> folks with an easy solution, but I have not had to deal with it before.
>
> *The question*: what is the best (and/or least expensive) approach to
> setting up a virtual or aliased IP address, so that I can access this
> server from anywhere and have it look like I am accessing from a constant
> IP? (I'm on a Mac)
>
> many thanks, Tom
>
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