I see where you went wrong.  Do Not set Internet Explorer to use proxy
server. Sygate acts as a gateway and when requests for stuff outside of the
network are needed it forwards the request to the internet or another
gateway if your ISP has you go through they're gateway. Also the Sygate
doc's should have mentioned this fact.

I get this from the Help:FAQ in Sygate help.

b) If everything pings fine, but you're still unable to browse the Internet
with Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, or America Online, check the
following:

* Check the preferences for your browser application to see if a "proxy" is
specified. If so, disable or remove this setting.

Sygate's software doesn't do a good job of pointing this out explictly.

--Patrick Black

----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Rode <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 1999 2:19 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Sygate 3.0 install


> I am trying to get Sygate 3.0 configured on my peer to peer network to
> handle the cable modem proxy server. I have successfully installed Sygate
> on the Server and I have the adequate number of client registration but I
> can not make the connection from the client. This is a win9x and NT4 peer
> to peer network. The cable modem is on a PC with two NICs ....one for the
> LAN and one for the Cable modem. The setup passed Sygate online
> testing  and everything appears to be in order but I am doing something
> wrong setting up the client.
>
> The Sygate manager screen shows
> Computer Type = Server
> Status Online
> IP Address = correct LAN address for this PC
> Netmask = Correct netmask address
> DNS = the IP address for the cable modem
>
> On the Client I went to Network....TCP/IP for the adaptor card....Gateway
> and put the LAN address for the Sygate server
>
> I then went into IE5...Internet Tools and in Internet Connections I
> selected never dial ...use proxy server... and for the proxy address put
> the same address I used for the Gateway.....I have tried leaving the port
> blank ....and  then putting 80 in the Port address. When this didn't work
I
> went into TCP/IP for the adaptor card...enabled DNS address on the client
> in   DNS configuration...I then put the host name and added the gateway
> address.
> However I still can't get online from the client.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Will I have to separately configure EVERY Internet application on the
> client to use the proxy server ??

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