Is it possible to have a Linux computer running the client part of a Windows program under Wine, with the server part of the program running on a Windows server, so that the two can talk? If possible, would it be particularly troublesome?
Martin Gregorie
2009-Dec-04 11:52 UTC
[Wine] Running program under Wine to a Windows server
On Fri, 2009-12-04 at 00:32 -0600, Doge wrote:> Is it possible to have a Linux computer running the client part of a > Windows program under Wine, with the server part of the program > running on a Windows server, so that the two can talk? >That should work.> If possible, would it be particularly troublesome? >No problem provided that: - you can ping the windows server from the Linux computer - the firewall on Linux lets you connect out to the Windows system - the Windows firewall will accept the incoming connection from Linux, i.e. the port the server listens on isn't blocked by a Windows firewall. Martin