Wingate used to lock up, now loses connection.

[kalvos]

Hi all,

My first post since the US Wingate folks gave up the product.

My Wingate server is Win98SE, 256MB RAM, Ethernet cards on the Wingate 'approved' list, cable modem.

Earlier versions of Wingate would lose client applications, and I would have to terminate the application on the server or the user would have to close the application and start it again (less desirable when lots of browser pages open). When Wingate 5 came out, it almost completely solved that problem -- but instead the machine would lock up: the mouse would move, but it would slow down to the point that any click or keystroke might take 5 minutes to respond.

Now Wingate 5.1 has solved that problem (and throughput is better, too, though rarely it will still 'lose' an application) but there's a new issue! Now about once a day, the server will completely lose touch with the cable modem. I can't ping the outside world from the server, I can't release and renew the network adapters -- but the *internal* network is working fine. I have to reboot, and the connection is immediately re-established and it works fine again.

This issue began with the installation of Wingate 5.1.

I know that's not much information, but every version of Wingate has had some connection problem. I'm using fixed IP addresses for the clients (in the 192.168.244.xxx range), and Wingate clients (not NAT, though it's installed). Because I'm on a cable modem, I do get hammered by attacks (about one every two minutes all day), but Wingate does a good job stopping them (or is that causing Wingate to lose its connection?).

Here's what I have done so far, with no change in behavior:
1. Swapped the network cards (also swapped slots)
2. Reinstalled Wingate
3. Reinstalled Windows
4. Deleted and reinstalled the network setup
5. Replaced the cable modem
6. Installed the server on a different computer

I'd really like to be able to leave the server on and have no problems. Any clues?

Thanks,
Dennis

[Jason Dax]

I have the same problem. Likely same scenario, fixed IPs in the clients, I do have enabled NAT, server running in W2k. wingate v 5.1. Two NIC Cards, cablemodem too.

Once a day, to be specific, 1 time at night, the server lost connection with the ISP. In the morning, I have to restart the server, and voila! conecction restablished.

I discard problems with the ISP. I have another cablemodem (same ISP) in another PC, attached directly, no wingate running, and NEVER lose conneccion.

I'm still wondering what could cause this.

[kalvos]

Bumping this up again, hoping somebody from Qbik is reading.

I can get a max of 24 hours before the server no longer passes anything outward. The firewall is still recording hits. I have installed AnalogX Netstat Live, which reports incoming activity but is dead flat on outgoing activity.

Dennis