Nathan England wrote: > = > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > = > I am leaving my company on the 28th. As a result my boss is requiring m= e to > replae our linux server with a windows one. The linux machine currentl= y runs > dhcp, dns, ipmasq/routing/firewall/gateway,sendmail, web server, mysql,= and > some other minor things. > = > I replaced it with win98, but we need some way to share an internet > connection. We own a copy of WinProxy but anyone familiar with it will = know > how crappy it is. But I want some kind of open source solution that wi= ll run > on the windows machine... It has to be windows because my boss doesn't = know > linux and after a year has shown no interest in learning. > = > The major problem is we use cable for internet. But it is dialup... Pay= son is > about 20 years behind the times on everything... > So if we are not online, we have a local IP address 192.168.100.11-254 > When we dialup, we get a normal internet IP... But if the cable modem d= rops > the line (which is quite often) we will retain the internet IP, then ot= her > machines can no longer get to the cable modem web page to dialup. The l= inux > machine was easily fixed with a simple script, but windows won't do tha= t. So > this has to be as simple as possible. I need some kind of intelligent g= ateway > program that will allow proxying, for email and www. > = > Any suggestions? > = > nathan Retain the scripting ability by installing cygwin. I actually have icewm running on xfree86 under Windows XP (don't ask). George -- = Discover . . . | Free Computer Security Information <=B7=B7=B7> Secure | http://www.georgetoft.com/security Networking | = @http://georgetoft.com | Lock your box - keep your affairs private!