Nicholas Coad wrote in a message to Mike Bilow:
 MB> You might look at using Linux instead of NT.  Linux will do IP
 MB> Masquerading, which is the particular feature that you need.
 NC> I've been thinking of that, but it isn't too practical with
 NC> the number of computers I have running here.  I'm running NT
 NC> WS, Nt Server and Win95.  I wouldn't mind ditching NT
 NC> server, but I'm planning on starting a self-paced MCSE
 NC> course shortly so I'll need all three operating systems.
You would probably learn a lot with a Linux machine, and you could use almost 
any old 386 with 8 MB RAM to do it.
 MB> This is an appropriate area.
 NC> Great, I've been a lurker here for several years, though I
 NC> don't have much to contribute.  If I were to use WinGate,
 NC> would I even be using NT RAS?  Or does WinGate have
 NC> facilities to handle this?
WinGate is intended as a complete package, and even works on Windows 95.
 NC> I'm also running Netscape SuiteSpot Proxy and Fastrak, would 
 NC> these affect anything? 
I can't see why they would.  The proxy works by listening on a local socket, 
and does not merely route frames.
 NC> Does the remote computer access the web through port 80, like 
 NC> normal, or 8080 for the proxy server.
This is configurable.  The proxy server is an intelligent application that 
keeps track of cached pages and does quite a lot on your behalf.  A 
translating router, such as WinGate, is considerably simpler.
WinGate expects to intercept frames in its capacity as a router, so it 
affects only frames addressed through it.  If you are talking to the proxy 
server running on the same machine as WinGate, then you are talking to rather 
than through that machine.
 
-- Mike
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