SynergyKM Experience

So I have yet to find a good article on how to properly setup SynergyKM and it took me a while to figure out a solution for what I need. I should make some more posts about how to do each step (hopefully with screenshots) or maybe a better overall howto.

What I have:
1) WindowsXP PC w/ 17" monitor
2) 20" iMac with secondary 20" monitor
3) 1 - 5 port switch

What I need:
1) Secure Keyboard Mouse connection from the Mac to the PC (devices on the Mac)
2) To still allow others to remote into PC (rare but necessary)

How I set it up:
1) Install Cygwin w/ssh on the Windows Machine
2) Install Synergy on both Machines
- install the client service then go into the service management console and set the "Synergy Client" service to "Manual" startup mode
3) Setup the Mac as the server
4) Setup the PC as the client
5) Create RSA/DSA ssh keys
6) Use below script to create a reverse tunnel from the mac so that PC's localhost:24800 will seamlessly route though the ssh connection created from the mac.

Script: (will update to have a start / stop mechanism *tunnel only*)
#!/bin/sh
ssh -fnNT -R 24800:SYNERGY_SERVER_IP:24800 REMOTE_CLIENT_IP
ssh REMOTE_CLIENT_IP "net start \"Synergy Client\""

Software Used:
Synergy2
Cygwin

Tutorials: (will add more when I get back to work ... granted I remember)
Cygwin-ssh Howto
Tech Repulic - Reverse SSH Tunnel

Its been a while

Yeah so its been a while since I have given a life status update. So here it is...

On the day I came home from Seattle I got a fucking annoying eye infection. This was horrible as I could barley see in which I figured out was due to a light sensitivity reaction. So I got that fixed and a sick day to find out that my boss is on vacation for a week. So I got 3 weeks without having to see my boss.

So basically I have just been working. I do very little programming myself and alot of directing / helping my co-workers. I did however make a good successful push towards a finished uPay auto-checkout library. This is exciting because I make all the page requests for the user so they don't have to be tortured with the horrible interface and retarded steps it requires.

At home well I have been working on the DoD Game Tournament site. I just migrated it over to MyBB from phpBB and have been tweaking it to meet our needs (still not done). Right now I have moved onto updating the registration code to allow for a Donate to Choose a Division instead of the full forced random.

Oh an I went golfing this past weekend with my friend Blake, Adam, and Jamie (Blakes new roommate). Blake insisted on paying (as this was for a formula sae fund raiser) but man did we have some fun while playing a horrible game. Just image 3 crazy encouragable people with 1 not so encouragable person (adam), two golf carts on an early morning with a nice layer of moisture. Oh yes... thats right it was cart shenanigans time. I think we did almost anything we could think of besides doing a doughnut on the green and driving the cart into the pond (so tempting). We had cart races, bumper carts, rock climbing, dune driving, 180's, two wheel driving (the cart almost tipped) and some forest driving.

Oh yea... after 3 weeks I finally got my replacement power supply. However the nice thing about the wait is I was given an upgraded PSU from a 650 watt to an 850 watt and it was Brand Spanking new (which almost never happens with a return). It even had the plastic wrapping on it. So after getting it into my computer I boot it up to find out my keyboard doesn't work ... seriously WTH my computer hates me. However its a good thing I had a backup.

So yea... thats about it.