Re: [Sheflug] ADSL ( was Anyone for WebDAV?)

[Alex Hudson <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 20 September 2001 23:12, you wrote:
> Nah. I dont think so, because I was accessing the Linux box from the
> Wingate server.Things seem to communicate in a bit of a strange way, IE5
> especially. Despite it being set to use the proxy on localhost, it seems to
> bypass Wingate altogether.

Is 'Don't use proxy for local servers' turned on? And is WinGate active on 
the local address (127.0.0.1)? I don't know how Win2k filters packets, but it 
may be quite different to Linux.

> ALso, Wingate seems to have a deep dislike of
> routing private IP address ranges (10.x.x.x, 192.168.x.x etc). I couldn;t
> use it on private dialup to route through to our company networks which are
> obviously all on private address ranges inside the firewall.

Depends how you were routing it. You weren't trying to get your home PC 
(192.168.0.1) to communicate with the company network (192.168/16) via a 
gateway (192.168.1.1) or something, were you? It depends on the exact 
configuration - some things won't work at all, no matter what software you 
use ;)

> Having said that, I will check Wingate out again. I might be able to try
> from my laptop as well.

If the network traffic isn't hitting Apache, it has to be Wingate I think. 
Unless you've buggered the Win2k server, which is possible, but unlikely. 

I've also never heard much good about Windows firewall systems, but then I 
only know one person who runs one, and he runs a freeware one, I imagine that 
you might get better paying for it....

Cheers,

Alex.
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