Use something like wingate as a proxy/port forwarder. Turn off XP's firewall.
Rgds, Darryl > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Ted Hilts > Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 3:48 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Port Forwarding Network Problem > > > Background: In order to obtain a 2 way Satellite connection > I need to > use a windows OS because the application that performs the connection > and data transmission will only run on a windows OS such as XP Pro. > Another case where software developers have forced the use > of a MS OS. > Until now my gateway machine was Linux using ipchains and port > forwarding. This works well but the required applications to > communicate through the satellite will only work on a MS OS. So I > managed to get Linux (the web page server) so it would > communicate with > XP Pro and vice versa including telnet, ftp, web, and shares, > and also > use the XP Pro machine as it's gateway. But I was not able to do any > kind of port forwarding so that the server would be visible at the > Internet side of the gateway. Micro Soft was no help as they > indicated > that their OS (XP Pro) did not have this capability built into their > "firewall". It seems that XP Pro has a built in firewall and > this does > not support any kind of port forwarding. I find it hard to > believe they > produced win3.1, win95, win97, win98, NT4, NT5, win2000, XP > and finally > XP Pro and in all of that they never realized a need for some kind of > port forwarding. They suggested I get a router. But would > not the same > problem occur with the router - the LAN based linux server > would still > not be visible to the Internet side of things???? > > Does anyone have a solution for this kind of dilemma? > > Any help appreciated. > > Bye-thanks_TED > > > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
