3 issues...

[cbx2000]

I have a small network with 3 machines on it. One is the Wingate Server (5.2.2) with my USB ADSL modem connected and a single NIC for sharing the net connection and the other 2 machines are clients. I'm trying to configure applications on my 2 clients to connect to the Wingate Server via NAT where I don't have to change any application settings (I.E. - changing internet explorer LAN settings to look for my Wingate proxy on port 80). When I leave these settings blank in order for the applications to use NAT (which I think is the way it should be) I cannot connect to the net but when the proxy settings are entered I can connect. Secondly, I ran a internet scan test on my firewall to see if the test could get see any ports that were open which would be used by hackers. It came back with the following ports that were open :113,139,445 & 8. The others were seen as closed. One port - 135 was seen as stealthed. Thing is...I have the ENS firewall configured to High:Denies All Connections From Outside. Why are these open ports even seen or not stealthed? Finally...when I setup my Wingate Server last week,every now and again I could see an IP Address starting with 80.*.*.* appear in the activity window. None of the machines on my network start with this address so I'm taking it someone was using my proxy from the outside? Why is this when I had my firewall still set to High? I have none of the bindings set to allow incoming connections on any system service or proxy service. Can anyone explain these problems to me...am I doing something wrong here??

Cheers...(",)

[Pascal]

On the clients, all that should be necessary is for you to point the DNS and Default Gateway (TCP/IP properties) to the WinGate server's internal IP. Also, on the WinGate Server make sure that your interfaces (Gatekeeper -> Advanced Options) are marked as "Private/Trusted" for the internal network and "Public/Untrusted" for the internet.

[cbx2000]

Hi Pascal,
Thanks for your reply but it seems that NAT is still not working for me. I still need to enter in the Wingate Server IP:80 into the proxy settings into all my apps on my clients to connect to the net. Maybe I'm doing something wrong but I have checked the settings and everything looks fine. I'm not using WGIC by the way. Also as regards the firewall...I always have this set to High but everytime I reboot my Wingate Server, when it has rebooted and I log on I see a message flashing on the Wingate Engine icon in the system tray. When I open Wingate it tells me that it has detected a new interface and it always has a different Ip address. I then check it in Advanced Options and it is listed there. Any ideas on where this is coming from as it's happening all the time I reboot and after I that, when I check my firewall settings they are set back to Custom? Would this be an intruder on the system in any way?

Someone help me!

[MattP]

Hi,

What is the interface that is being detected? What IP address range are you using for your LAN? How are you connecting to the internet? Are you running a web server?

Thanks,

[cbx2000]

Hi Matt,
Thanks for the reply. I am getting a external interface that is being detected. It only appears everytime I reboot my Wingate Server. It appears as 'public' and 'not trusted' on the network interfaces tab. I'm using the 10.0.0.* IP address range for my LAN and I'm using an USB ADSL modem for the connection. I have a 3Com NIC for connectivity to the LAN and to share the net connection with my clients. I'm not running any server of any kind behind Wingate either on that machine or on my clients and the interfaces are set only to allow connections from my LAN on any service. The only proxies I have configured are WWW Proxy, FTP proxy and the logfile service. Any ideas on this? Also...is there a way for me to get NAT working as the Wingate Server just seems to refuse connections unless my client apps are setup to use a proxy with the Wingate Server IP with port 80? Thanks for your time....

[cbx2000]

Forgot to mention...on the NAT issue I have the clients using the Wingate Server IP address for the gateway and for DNS.

[adrien]

Hi

This USB ADSL modem... does it use PPPoE?

We have had some issues with PPPoE some of which are fixed with the new dialup (most PPPoE adapters use the dialup handling in the OS) handling support in version 5.2.3

Adrien

[cbx2000]

Hi Adrien,
The modem does use PPPoE. I've upgarded to Wingate 5.2.3 and NAT seems to be working fine now. However...I'm still getting a 'New Interface Detected' with different IP addresses everytime I restarted the Wingate Server machine. I'm only fairly new to Wingate so do you have any idea of what this might be? One more thing...If I see an IP address in the activity window under 'Machine Name' other than an IP address that is on my LAN, is that someone using the Wingate Server from the outside as a proxy? Thanks again...

[cbx2000]

Is there any chance I can get an answer on this? I need to know if soneone is using my Wingate Server as a proxy from the outside. I don't like the New Interface Detected message that comes up as I haven't added any interfaces and correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think any IP address (other than the ones on my LAN) should be showing up under the activity tab or in the history under the computer name tab?

[Pascal]

The Interface Change that is reported, is the IP perhaps the address of your external connection ?

What traffic information can you see for the external IP showing up in your list ? Is it using any of the proxies, etc. ? Do you have a wireless setup running ?

[cbx2000]

Hi Pascal,
No, the interface change that is reported isn't the IP of the external connection. The IP of my external connection always starts with 194.*.*.* and the IP of the new interface is always different. As reagrds the IPs showing up on the list...they don't match the 'New Interface' IP. The strange IPs normally show up under where it says machine and then across from it, it shows that the IPs connect to the IP of my external connection (Modem) which I gather is computers from the net connecting into my Wingate Server. I don't have a wireless network running. Everything is on CAT5! How do I tell if those IPs are using one of the proxies?

[cbx2000]

Hi Pascal,
No, the interface change that is reported isn't the IP of the external connection. The IP of my external connection always starts with 194.*.*.* and the IP of the new interface is always different. As reagrds the IPs showing up on the list...they don't match the 'New Interface' IP. The strange IPs normally show up under where it says machine and then across from it, it shows that the IPs connect to the IP of my external connection (Modem) which I gather is computers from the net connecting into my Wingate Server. I don't have a wireless network running. Everything is on CAT5! How do I tell if those IPs are using one of the proxies? Thanks again for the help...