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by excel_gid

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I have made a workgroup of three computers in win 98 with wingate on a computer for connecting other two pcs to internet. The problem I am facing is that some of the websites when tried to connect replied with annoying messege of "this page cannot be displayed". Such as when i connect to hotmail.com it is opened but when a user id and password is given to get signed, it responds with the same messege "this page cannot be displayed". This happens on both pcs while almost all of other sites are opened properly. Besides all the pages are oepend properly on the pc connected to internet and have wingate installed on it.

The protocols installed are tcp/ip and netbeui with following ip addresses:

192.168.100.1 (main with wingate)
192.168.100.2 (sub)
192.168.100.3 (sub1)

The problem I come accross is with internet only and rest of things go properly.

Can anybody help me.

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by brian

You have to enable wingate for the "internet" ports. That is what Win gate is for. Typically a browser uses port 80. However secure sites often use others. I have not used Wingate since 1996 so I can't tell you exactly how to fix it but that is where the problem lies. I have downloaded a program called analog x for this function and found it to be very easy to configure. Check your wingate help for the specifics of port enabling. By the way pop mail generally uses port 110.

by brian

I seem to have left out a very important aspect of this. The client machines must be configured to use the server as a proxy. To do this on each client, open IE and go to tools, internet options, connections tab, and press Lan Settings button. You can probably check autodetect and at the bottom check to use a proxy server. Enter either the name or internal network IP address of the server in the address box and enter 80 for the port. If this doesn't work check Wingate for Port Assignments.

by excel_gid

Dear friend thanks a lot for writing, but i have did all you told me but the problem is still there. Dont forget my internet is running exceptionally well, but it is some of the page/sites which are not opened.

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