using router to redirect traffic?

[evo85210]

I'm wondering if it's possible to connect my home desktop to my work router and have the desktop act as if it's a local computer on the work network (like a vpn?)
I've seen methods of remote desktop, but I don't have a computer at work that's on 24/7.

and I've seen port forwarding, but one port only forwards to one IP.

 

I'm asking because there's a lot of internal databases that I can only query if i'm on the local network.

Sometimes I'm working overtime at home on a tight deadline, and if I need to double check some info, I'd have to wait until the office is open at 8 am, which is a huge waste of time when i'm on a tight deadline.

 

and yes, i've asked the IT department, they said it's ok, but won't do it for me.

I know this is all possible if i have a PC running 24/7, but is it possible without a always on PC, and just change some configurations on the router?

[ddennis002]

12 minutes ago, evo85210 said:

I'm wondering if it's possible to connect my home desktop to my work router and have the desktop act as if it's a local computer on the work network (like a vpn?)
I've seen methods of remote desktop, but I don't have a computer at work that's on 24/7.

and I've seen port forwarding, but one port only forwards to one IP.

 

I'm asking because there's a lot of internal databases that I can only query if i'm on the local network.

Sometimes I'm working overtime at home on a tight deadline, and if I need to double check some info, I'd have to wait until the office is open at 8 am, which is a huge waste of time when i'm on a tight deadline.

 

and yes, i've asked the IT department, they said it's ok, but won't do it for me.

I know this is all possible if i have a PC running 24/7, but is it possible without a always on PC, and just change some configurations on the router?

Why don't you ask IT department for VPN access to the network?

[evo85210]

Just now, ddennis002 said:

Why don't you ask IT department for VPN access to the network?

The IT department didn't set up a VPN, and they're not exactly willing to do things other than maintaining network stability

[Oshino Shinobu]

VPN is really the best way. 

 

If you had a computer running 24/7, absolutely do not open up ports to allow RDP to it. If you're doing that, set up a VPN and actually have a secure connection rather than opening commonly attacked ports with insecure connections.

 

There are other ways to do it, such as having a server that runs a virtual desktop provider like Citrix and have it accessible from the outside of the network, but unless you already have a way of doing it (which you don't), a VPN should be what you go for to minimise the impact on security. 

[ddennis002]

7 minutes ago, evo85210 said:

The IT department didn't set up a VPN, and they're not exactly willing to do things other than maintaining network stability

You just need network access to some network shares then you don't really need a windows interface on that network right?

 

If so get yourself a raspberry pi configure it with openvpn server. Have the IT department Port forward port 1194 to the PI's IP address.

 

Then all you have to do is configure your client OpenVPN side at home and connect and you will have access to the network.

 

http://kamilslab.com/2017/01/22/how-to-turn-your-raspberry-pi-into-a-home-vpn-server-using-pivpn/

[mtz_federico]

On 12/2/2019 at 1:58 AM, ddennis002 said:

You just need network access to some network shares then you don't really need a windows interface on that network right?

 

If so get yourself a raspberry pi configure it with openvpn server. Have the IT department Port forward port 1194 to the PI's IP address.

 

Then all you have to do is configure your client OpenVPN side at home and connect and you will have access to the network.

 

http://kamilslab.com/2017/01/22/how-to-turn-your-raspberry-pi-into-a-home-vpn-server-using-pivpn/

Just like the tutorial, I recommend not using the default port so that the vpn server doesn't show up on websites that scan ips like shodan.io