Win2K Prof act as gateway?

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I have Win2K Prof on four computers. 3 are acting as clients,
and one is acting as a server.

Is it possible for the "server" with 2 NICs to view the internet,
and the intranet at the same time? Does this require Win2K Server?

We got this config to work with a Win98 "server" (two NICs...one
attached to internet, the other to the LAN...worked fine).

Was something "not" added to Win2K prof that took away this feature,
and Win2K server is required?

We really don't want the "server" to act as a true gateway. The
clients do not require access to the internet. But, we want the
"server" to see both networks, but it will only see one or the
other.

If we can do this using Win2K Prof, I would appreciate the
steps to get it working. Same if we need Win2K Server to do this.

thanx
ted
 
Is it possible for the "server" with 2 NICs to view the internet,
and the intranet at the same time? Does this require Win2K Server?
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I think you should be okay with what you've got. It's a different
registry hack to enable routing though than the one used in win9x

On win9x it is

System Key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\MSTCP]
Value Name: EnableRouting = 1
Data Type: (string value)
Value Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

For winxp/2k/NT

System Key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]
Value Name: IPEnableRouter
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)


Jim.
 
getting a weird side effect with the change below on Win2K.

It fixes the problem. Everything works, but the window
view of the shared drive shows a red X as if it were
disconnected. YET, IT DOES WORK.

So, I guess it's not an urgent thing, but any ideas on how
to get rid of the red X?

thanx
ted
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James said:
Is it possible for the "server" with 2 NICs to view the internet,
and the intranet at the same time? Does this require Win2K Server?
Click to expand...


I think you should be okay with what you've got. It's a different
registry hack to enable routing though than the one used in win9x

On win9x it is

System Key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\MSTCP]
Value Name: EnableRouting = 1
Data Type: (string value)
Value Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

For winxp/2k/NT

System Key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]
Value Name: IPEnableRouter
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)


Jim.
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