I have Wingate 6 installed on a PC running as the proxy. (Which so far is running without any problems) The 2 network cards are set as internal and external. We are now moving over to a Windows Server 2012 environment I have some questions.
I have also Windows Server 2012 running and in the install the DNS service was also installed.
At the moment the Wingate machine is running as the proxy server (users and settings have been setup and the client PC's all have internet access and everything is appearing to work correctly (Internet access/email works being the main thing)
The settings on the network card (client PC's) have been changed to the correct IP Address, Subnet Mask and Default gateway.) The preferred DNS server and Alternate DNS server have also been entered (Preferred = Windows Server IP address and Alternate DNS as Wingate Server internal IP address.) (If I swapped these around when I added the client PC's to the domain it couldn't find the server. This again appears to be working correctly (I know this is Wingate forum but if I have this already wrong then someone please say) Now come the questions...
1) Should I add the WinGate PC to the Domain Controller (via Network ID on properties on My Computer) or will it confuse things? I haven't installed Windows Server 2012 AND Wingate on the same machine or doesn't it matter as it's running as an Internet Proxy?
2) I've read that you shouldn't have more than 1 DNS server running. At the moment Wingate is running and Windows Server 2012 with the DNS service (I assume also is running). Again no problems appear to show.
3) On Wingate under System tab there is a section called DNS/WINS resolver and there is an option to enter a DNS in. There isn't anything entered here. What do I enter in this section (Again all appears to work so do I need to?) The HOSTS checkbox is checked and from the first install the HOSTS file is kept updated with the IP and PC names.
4) When a client PC browsers the internet, looking at the activity screen there are many lines of AAAA DNS lookup..... appear. These do go but is it wrong that there are loads of these "AAAA lookup" appearing (Again has there been something setup incorrectly). We have seen some slowness of pages and timing out, but after a refresh the page loads.
5) If I make any changes, do I need to check under Internet Explorer, Firefox the proxy settings (manual proxy configuration) At the moment they are on Automatic and it works.
6) Do I add the routers DNS address anywhere?
7) Do I start again with Wingate even though it is appearing to work correctly and that a few settings here and there will make the programme work as it should?
The cache is emptied regularly and the DNS is purged and emptied weekly.
Many thanks for any help or suggestions