on of thje things you will have to do is on the wingate server, find a
"hosts" file (may/should be in the "c:/" directory) this file identifies the
IP address of the machines attached to the wingate server (and As far as I
remember, the wingate version I used uses tcp/ip) this file should be copied
and edited with a text editor to reflect the IP address of the new machine.
the hosts file in winders boxes should be in the root directory or at least
in a directory the "path" statement (in autoexec.bat) covers. In my install
of Mandrake 8.0
I would also recomend that you make a linux box the gateway box (ie; your
wingate server is now the default gateway, when you use it to connect to the
internet) if possible. the level of security and overhead (the power taken
away from other tasks) is much, much, MUCH, better using my mandrake box as
the default route to the Internet, and allowing the winders boxes on this
little network to connect to the net through the linux box .
On Saturday 07 July 2001 02:54, Brian Durant wrote:
> Some months ago, I used some local Russian techs to help me setting up a
> home LAN. During the 6-8 weeks that this went on, the local company
> provided two sets of two techs to set up the LAN and lastly, a third set
> came along and told me that Win 98 SE (UK) and all the programs, drivers,
> etc. need to be reinstalled on the WinGate machine. The problem turned out
> to be that the third group hadn't a clue what the password was for the
> WinGate app and therefore needed to do a complete reinstall, but was trying
> to stick me with a bill for their incompetence. However, this also means
> that I do not have the password and can make no changes to the network. At
> this time however, the network is functioning fine, but I am planning on
> taking everything over to Mandrake at a later point.
>
> Now I have a new problem. I have recently installed Mandrake Linux on a IBM
> machine. I want to access the Internet through my home LAN, but am unsure
> how to connect to the machine with WinGate installed. I remember that the
> last time the techs were here, they set up something that works with
> WinGate for my UMAX Pulsar (Mac clone), but that they also said that they
> had set something else up for the Wintel client machine that I have,
> running Win 98 SE (UK) with a 98lite install. What this is, I haven't a
> clue. I have looked at the network adapter properties on the Wintel client
> and haven't found anything that looks like something that I can use.
> Mandrake Linux does not recognize the IP address for the UMAX and I believe
> that the Mandrake machine does have a connection to the network, though I
> am not certain. What should I look for on the WinGate machine (or the
> Wintel client) and what can I do from the Mandrake machine?
>
> Thanks in advance for the patience it took to read this saga.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Brian
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