Re: [WinMac] Re: Mac Inet access behind MS proxy server?

Darryl Lee(lee[at]darryl.com)
Wed, 17 Feb 1999 22:46:02 -0800 (PST)

> >At another location, I had
> >set up a Mac using Vicom Gateway to allow access from a variety of
> >machines. At my present location, an NT server running MS Exchange is set
> >up. Mail clients use POP to get mail from there, which should present no
> >problem. I was hoping this machine could serve as a proxy server, but from
> >these comments, that doesn't look good. We need ftp services for several
> >machines and internet access from most all. Is there another route to go?
>
> You should try using a gateway program instead of a proxy (it's better
> for most things). I know there's a number of them for NTin tucows...

i agree. You should use something like Vicom Gateway. Vicom employs
NAT (Network Address Translation), which is really similar to Linux's
IP Masquerading. (Over which DNS, FTP, HTTP, and POP all work just
fine for me.) [Check out http://www.vicomsoft.com/]

Another (cheaper, better?) implementation of IP Masquerading or NAT is
Sustainable Softworks' IPNetMonitor. [Check out http://www.sustworks.com/]
i'm going to try and get this working on an old IIsi (!) for a home
DSL connection for a friend of mine.

And for NT? i've heard great things about SyGate (http://www.sygate.com)
on comp.dcom.xdsl.

-- 
Darryl Lee <lee@darryl.com> | Geek? Who me? <http://www.darryl.com>


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