Client connection methods

WinGate offers three different ways for clients on the LAN to use WinGate as their Internet gateway:

1. NAT

   NAT (Network Address Translation) is a lightweight and effective way of allowing WinGate users to access the Internet. NAT is provided by the ENS (Extended Networking Services) driver installed by WinGate. It requires very little user configuration and is extremely fast. Clients are simply required to have their gateway set to the LAN IP address of the WinGate server, and have access on the LAN to a suitable DNS server for DNS lookups if they are required.

   A NAT client can be any computer that uses TCP/IP networking, regardless of operating system. This makes it ideal for LANs that have a mix of operating systems that require Internet access. WinGate NAT will handle connections from Windows, MAC, and UNIX machines that communicate using TCP/IP.

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2. Application Proxy

   WinGate has wide range of network proxy services that can carry out Internet communications on behalf of client Internet applications. Each proxy service has been designed to handle a particular type of application protocol. Clients can simply configure each application to use the LAN IP address of WinGate as their proxy server, and WinGate will handle the communication on their behalf. Please refer to the documentation of each particular application for instructions on configuring it to use a proxy.

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3. Circuit proxies - WGIC and Socks

   WinGate clients also have the choice to use the two circuit proxies to connect through WinGate to the Internet.

   1. SOCKS

      WinGate offers an installable SOCKS service to handle clients who have their applications set to use a SOCKS server, or who use an AutoSOCKs program to control their Internet applications.

      The SOCKS service can provide support for both SOCKS 4 and SOCKS 5 compatible clients.

   2. WinGate Internet Client

      The WinGate Internet Client (WGIC) is a small layered service provider application which can be installed on client computers to control their access to the Internet through WinGate. The WGIC catches all connections made by Winsock applications on the client machine and sends them to the Winsock Redirector Service on the WinGate server for handling. This allows you firm control over what Internet applications each WGIC client is allowed to use to access the Internet.