i cant use my linux box as a proxy cuz my modem is unsuported in linux.
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From: James Mellema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 1999 3:14 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Wingate
> Des Wass wrote:
> >
> > ++ /12/99, Donny:
> > >I am using wingate on my machine with the modem in it. How can I get
linux to use wingate as a proxy?
> >
> > I would make your linux box the gateway. Ditch Wingate and make your
Windows
> > machine go through your linux box.
> >
> > Read the man page and the HOWTO for ipchains. It explains it pretty
clearly.
> >
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> Donny,
>
> the easiest way is to assign whatever your wingate computer's ethernet
> card address as the proxy address in your browser and email program. I
> did the same thing with my cable modem connection and it worked fine.
> everything using wingate as a proxy should use port 80. I was not able
> to configure my system to use ftp, but everything else worked fine. I
> agree that making your linux box is a better idea, but I have never been
> able to get 2 ethernet cards to work right in linux, so I use an NT box
> and Sygate to connect my network to the net.
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> James Mellema, CRNA MA
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