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by jeremy27

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My previous network question is below. I kind of found a solution; I used an IP address from DHCP and am using the proxy server to get online. It seems that I can only get on the network and the internet using the proxy server. The problem is the proxy server blocks some legitimate sites. I still need to find a way around this problem, any advice is appreciated.

Got a problem with a Windows 98 computer on an NT network. I can access the internet only with DHCP enabled but cannot with the computer's IP address. I need to be able to access the internet as well as network shares and I cannot do both with DHCP enabled. How can I get this computer to connect to the internet as well as shared drives and computers without changing the IP address?

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by sgt_shultz

you should be able to do both. either the gateway settins or the dns settings or both are goofed up. compare to a machine that works (have one?)... set up the win98 pc with dhcp and get it working on the internet. then, at the win98 cmputer do Start/Run/winipcfg and note the ip address, subnetmask, and gateway. check the dns settings. Go over to another computer that doesn't have this problem, say NT workstation and do same (almost) Start/Run/command then ipconfig . compare settings. computers must be on same subnet mask for lan to work, must have correct gateway settings to get out on internet...
how are you connecting to the internet? if broadband then the gateway is probably your router. who is dhcp server? NT? router? tell us more..

by mc17strat

It would probably help to know what you are using to run the http proxy server? Is it part of a firewall? You should be able to disable or configure accordingly in a section that has content blocking, surf protection, or some sort of filter. I would find out where it is, disable it completely so you can surf unrestricted, then go back and enable and configure to your needs.

by wlbowers

As an administrator of a network I used this in conjuction with a firewall to block undesirable sites from being accessed.

It sounds like the network administrator has done this to your network.

If this is the case you will never get to those sites unless they are removed from the restricted list in the server.

Good Luck Lee

by rcom

Is the workstation's user(s) included on the Win NT system? That's probably why you can't get to the shares. So add the win 98 login and password to the list of users. Plus make sure the shares are available to that user.

by wlbowers

You will have to get with the network administrator. This is a common control method.

This is what I do when I set up a company for controlled internet access. Companies that have sites that are considered abused or corporate no no's.

The system is set up so that the proxy server has internet access only through the router or firewall.

Intranet machines then have to go through the proxy server.

Good Luck Lee

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