Re: Getting Windows XP To Act as NAT Server



"Chuck" <none@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Thu, 9 Nov 2006 12:24:28 -0800, "Will" <westes-usc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

What is the easiest way to get Windows XP Professional to act as an NAT
server for only one of its attached host adapters?

Will,

ICS is a Windows XP NAT ROUTER solution - not NAT server. You can
configure ICS
on any one of multiple LAN connections.

<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/ics-is-ok-but-you-can-do-better.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/ics-is-ok-but-you-can-do-better.html

ICS isn't all that secure I guess? What's the cheapest commercial NAT
solution that would work on a Windows XP host? Most commercial solutions
are going to be full blown stateless firewalls that require a server OS for
the install, not to mention fairly serious dollars.....

I need the NAT on Windows XP just as a performance tweak on a VMWare virtual
machine used for a non production system. The VMWare built-in NAT
functions work but have terrible performance problems. I can certainly
try ICS, but just hate to lower security on the XP host.

--
Will



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