Re: XP Clients/Proxy setting help needed

From: Chuck (none_at_example.net)
Date: 01/04/05 

Date: 4 Jan 2005 11:57:03 -0600

On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 12:44:24 -0500, Ron <rgood@netzero.com> wrote:

>Chuck:
>
>Thanks. WinProxy did work perfectly with my apps in the past. It is an
>old version (3.0) but the Ositis website suggests that unless XP points
>to a specific incompatibility when it is installed there should be no
>problem (they actually suggest ignoring the warnings) and so I do think
>that you are on the right track and I will certainly check out the MTU
>issue. I misspoke perhaps. My modem is not USB (I have a NIC card) but
>the adapters on the clients are. At this point I will not go for a
>hardware or wireless router solution because I do have about 90%
>functionality and there is absolutely nothing I cannot do if I really
>need to. At the same time I would like to solve the problem if
>possible. Mid-winter challenges are useful escapes!
>
>/ron

Ron,

If you're using an old version of WinProxy, and you just involved XP SP2, you
may be out of luck. Any time you combine a new version / release of any Windoze
system with a previously working application, you may be between a rock and a
hard place. Regardless of the advice from the vendors.

If you enjoy hitting your head against the wall, then by all means work on your
problem, starting with the MTU issue. But I, and several others here, will
always recommend using a NAT router when connecting multiple computers to each
other, or to the internet. Some are ruder than I am.

All computers will be safer. The router will block any malevolent internet
traffic. This further protects the internet, from your becoming infected and
spreading the infection.

All computers will run better, with the router blocking the trash infection
traffic. Any personal firewall on either computer will have less to do, because
the router will block most malevolent traffic.

All computers will run independent of each other. Right now, if you have
internet connectivity on multiple computers, either you are paying your ISP for
multiple connections (a waste of $$$), or you have to have one computer on
whenever you wish to access the internet from any other. With a router, neither
is true.

If you can afford to have more then one computer, and broadband, you can afford
a router. For many reasons. 

-- 
Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

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