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After upgrading to 6.1 you receive a system message that "This plugin
is not supported on WinGate 6.1.0" even though you don't have
Kaspersky AntiVirus for WinGate installed.
For earlier versions of WinGate we had to include a DLL to support
DKAV, an o...
You may want to allow users to browse the internet during lunch
breaks or after hours, but restrict them to permitted sites during
work hours.
Because WinGate uses the most permissive policy you would create your
restrictions, then add a more permissi...
When Application servers such as Web and FTP servers are setup to run
on a machine behind WinGate the procedures to make them run seamlessly
with WinGate are very similar to running them on the WinGate server
itself, although there are notable differences...
Application Servers (such as IIS, Ftp Server etc) running on the same
machine as WinGate can cause several problems if not configured
properly. Mainly problems will occur if the application server causes
port conflicts with the Proxy services in WinGate, ...
Applies to version 6.1 and later
In version 6.1 we added the ability to control the length of time
that a user session stays active in WinGate. Previously an
AUTHENTICATED user session would drop to an ASSUMED state for 30
seconds when the last applica...
Authentication is used in WinGate to control user access to the
WinGate services, and by extension the Internet. Policies can be
created to control users on a user or group basis but if you want to
differentiate between users you must use some form of aut...
All configuration changes(policies, user accounts, service mappings
configurations, plugin configurations etc.) created/changed and then
saved in Gatekeeper are written to the registry.
The best way to preserve your settings is by exporting the registry...
We have found that blocking access to Messenger applications can be
problematic due to the multiple connection methods that they use. If
you block access to a URL or port they can fail-over to a secondary or
tertiary connection method.
The easiest way t...
Kaspersky AntiVirus for WinGate now uses an Extended AntiVirus
database. This is new for version 2.x. The Extended database still
scans for viruses but now also scans for other programs which are
potentially harmful, such as:
* Adware.
* Remote adm...
SYMPTOM
From time to time, you might see a checksum error reported in the
Firewall tab of the GateKeeper (as shown in the image below). This
message occurs when WinGate receives a packet but finds that the
checksum value which the packet evaluates to doe...
When attempting to play online gaming through WinGate there are a
number of points that need to be understood to have it work correctly.
Due to the fact that WinGate is a proxy server, it only presents one
IP address to the Internet. This can be an issu...
When your users connect through the WWW proxy service, whether by a
Transparently Proxied NAT/WGIC connection, or a direct proxy
connection, you have the ability to apply polices to them.
To apply a policy by Username you must have some form of
Authenti...
If you are running an Active Directory and your WinGate server is on
a machine other than the Active Directory Domain Controller/DNS
server, you'll need to edit this menu.
When your WinGate server is a member of an Active Directory domain
you will need...
Great, you've installed the best Windows proxy server software around,
but now you need to know what to do with it? It's easy if you know
how, but if you're not a Networking Wizard then it can be a little
daunting at first. So read on to find out what to ...
You can identify which version of WinGate you are running in several
places in Gatekeeper:
* Open GateKeeper on the WinGate server
* Select HELP from the menu bar at the top of GateKeeper.
* Click on the SYSTEM INFO menu item.
* The WinGate vers...
This is a guide to the minimum system requirements and recommended
configurations for running WinGate server. The WinGate server can be
installed on any computer on your network, so long as it has a direct
connection to the Internet.
* 1 GHz CPU (or h...
If you use a modem to connect your network to the Internet with
WinGate, you may occasionally see WinGate dial your Internet Service
Provider for no apparent reason. There are a number of reasons why you
might encounter what may SEEM to be WinGate randoml...
WinGate offers as its lowest form of security, a form protection for
the network through an ASSUMED USER option. Although this is effective
when using features such as banning or restricting users through
policy, tracking user accounts and history of comp...
WinGate's log files are located in C:Program FilesWinGateLogs and are
ordered by service, for example you'll find the WWW proxy service log
in C:Program FilesWinGateLogsWWW Proxy Service.
The current log file is named after the service, any older log f...
* Stop the WinGate Engine.
* Copy your current logfile directory to it's new location.
* Open the registry editor (Start -> Run -> regedit) and navigate to
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREQbik SoftwareWinGateSettings".
* Click "Drop-down menu -> Edit -...
One of the most common administration jobs is to monitor Internet
usage by users on the LAN, and ensure that they are only using the
Internet during certain times. Using WinGate, this can be easily
achieved:
If your clients are using the WinGate Interne...
This article takes you through the steps needed to restrict your LAN
clients' internet browsing to sites that you explicitly allow. To do
this:
* Open Gatekeeper on the WinGate server.
* Double click the WWW PROXY SERVER from the SERVICE tab.
* Op...
This article deals with how you can restrict access by clients to
certain URL'S when they are connecting through WinGate. Because URL's
are somewhat complex in what they can contain, WinGate provides
policies to block specific sites and ban access to site...
Since Version 5, WinGate has included an Email server to handle mail
requirements in WinGate, for both the sending and receiving of mail.
While it is possible to configure WinGate mail server to send mail on
behalf of clients, in certain scenarios it may...
All accounts in WinGate will use a User and corresponding password,
which is stored in either the WinGate or NT user database (to read
about User Database options and configuration in WinGate click here
[http://support.qbik.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Ar...
Due to several factors the WinGate Server may initiate the dialup
connection that is used for Internet access when there is no visible
or noticeable client activity in GateKeeper.
There are several factors that can influence this type of behaviour:
Th...
HOW TO SETUP THE CORRECT TCP/IP CONFIGURATION FOR WINGATE RUNNING ON A
WINDOWS 2000, XP, OR 2003 COMPUTER:
* Select the ”MY NETWORK PLACES” icon on the desktop and right
click to open the context menu and select properties. An alternative
to this, is ...
There could be a couple of reasons why the history may not show in
your GateKeeper.
1. If you are using the GateKeeper remotely, the gatekeeper.exe will
not have access to the history database so will not be able to display
the history. You will need to...
Using the Proxy services in WinGate allows you to scan traffic for
viruses or prohibited content, and control user access through the use
of policies.
You can intercept NAT and WinGate Internet Client (WGIC) connections
and redirect them to the proxy, ...
Users in WinGate can be configured and stored in two ways in
WinGate.Either using the WinGate User database, or the Windows NT user
database (which requires WinGate to be running or have access to a
Windows NT machine in order to utilize its user database...
As per the WinGate helpfile it is possible, when using the NT user
database option in WinGate, to synchronise the NT User database on a
Domain Controller in a Windows NT4/Active Directory Domain
environment.
PLEASE NOTE:
To do this requires editing t...
With WinGate version 6 the option to use a Domain Controller user
database was presented in the GUI which greatly simplifies its use.
Using a Domain Controller user database allows you to import your list
of Domain users into WinGate. You can also use NTL...
When you view the history.dbf file in Microsoft Excel the time is
shown in Unix time, being the number of seconds elapsed since midnight
on the 1st of January 1970. Obviously most people are not going to be
able to read this so it will need to be convert...
If Windows update is not working it is usually because the pages are
being cached by the WinGate server, you can solve this problem by
creating a policy in WinGate to not cache the update pages.
TO CREATE A CACHING POLICY TO NOT CACHE MS UPDATE PAGES:
...
In the WinGate dialer configuration (found in SYSTEM SERVICES window
in GATEKEEPER) there is a setting in the properties of each dialup
profile which tells WinGate how long it should wait when there is no
activity, before disconnecting.
This is set to 1...
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