use wingate

[jacknz]

hi all,

I am managing a small business network in windows, currently the router is controled by the isp, and we have no access to the router. now i want to control the internet access on our network, is wingate the right product to use? if so, where to install the wingate? can anybody give me a clearer idea? thank you !

jack

[adrien]

Hi

We are in a similar situation here, where our local router is controlled by the ISP, and we can't alter anything on it. We use WinGate as a main gateway, with 2 NICs, one going to the router, and the other to the internal network.

There are of course several products that will do the job, of which WinGate is one. Depending on your other requirements, one or other products may suit your needs better. WinGate will certainly allow you to control your network access to the Internet, and also provides a few things that some other solutions don't, like a comprehensive email server, the ability to scan incoming and outgoing traffic and email for viruses etc.

We offer a free 30 day trial. The best way to find out, is to try it. Installation usually takes only a couple of minutes and a reboot of your server.

Adrien

[jacknz]

thank you for reply! sounds very good for us! I am going to try it now but I still got a question to make clear. to control internet access with wingate, it requires all of the clients machines to use static internal ip address instead of the dynimic ips? thanks!

Jack

[genie]

Not neccessarily - Wingate has built-in DHCP server which can allocate IP ranges for your local network.

[adrien]

Also, even if you are running another DHCP server on your network, WinGate can still be used with the clients using DHCP... all the clients need is for their default gateway to be the IP address of the WinGate machine. If you are running another DHCP server on your network and don't want to change to WinGate's one, then simply configure this other DHCP server to allocate the default gateway to the clients, giving the IP of the WinGate machine.

Also, one thing to check, is that the adapter usage in WinGate is set up correctly. Basically as soon as you log in for the first time into GateKeeper, go to the Network pane, and check that each adapter is set to external or internal appropriately. If you need to change an adapter, just double click on it.

Adrien