Binding problems on Windows XP

[teeka]

Hi
I've noticed that Wingate installed on Windows XP machines has a tendecy of stopping the bindings on network interfaces in the WWW proxy service for no apparent reason. I usually just go in and start the bindings manually, but I would like to find out why this is happening at all.

Also, am I wrong in this being a Windows XP issue or has anyone noticed the same thing on another OS?

[alejandroc]

Hello

Yes, it's kind of a WinXP issue, but not exactly a problem. WinXP implements a new technology called Media Sensing that dynamically polls the LINK in any LAN connection, and if the poll fails then winXP will automatically remove the interface to that connection.
The problem happens when the LAN NIC takes too long to start up and therefore, when media sensing occurs the link is not detected and the interface removed. So, whe wingate starts it appears as no interfaces is available. When the interface finally starts up it appears as stopped on every Wingate Service.
So, your choices would be to 1)disable media sensing or 2) make wingate start up at the very end of WinXP boot process, or 3) check for new drivers for your LAN NIC. (sometimes updated drivers solve the problem).
For the first option go to:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;239924
For the second one, check the forum or wingate help file. I believe you must edit the registry to disable wingate starting automatically. You will have to start the wingate engine manually, though. Or put a shortcut in the Windows/Start folder to the "Start Wingate Engine" utility in Wingate folder.

Well, hope I was understandable. Let me know if I can be of further help.

Alejandro C.
Guatemala.

[MattP]

We hope to be releasing version 6 with dynamic binding support so we'll be able to deal with a network connection that comes online after WinGate has started. It's working well in testing here at the moment.

In the meantime you can set the WinGate service to start manually, then start it after everything else has loaded, or you can restart the WinGate engine when a new interface is detected.

Regards,

Matt