Broadband Solution Guide

Awards:

• Setup Requirements
  • Make sure your Internet connection is working properly on the Server computer.
  • You MUST have 2 Network Adapters on the computer that SyGate will be installed.
• TCP/IP Configuration
  
  To do this, click on:
  
  Start > Settings > Control Panel > Network > double-click on "TCP/IP > NDC xxxxxxxx"
  
  SERVER COMPUTER
  Scenario 1: (T1/Cable/DSL/DirecPC Connection)
  1st Ethernet Card on Server computer for Internet Access
  IP Address: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (ISP automatically/manually assigned)
  Subnet Mask: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (ISP automatically/manually assigned)
  Gateway: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (ISP automatically/manually assigned)
  DNS Server Search Order: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (ISP automatically/manually assigned)
  
  2nd Ethernet Card on Server computer for LAN Access
  IP Address: 192.168.0.1 (Unique private IP)
  Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 (Same Subnet)
  Gateway: (Blank)
  DNS Server Search Order: (Blank) or xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (ISP automatically/manually assigned)
  
  Scenario 2: (Dial-up connection)
  Ethernet Card on Server computer for LAN Access
  IP Address: 192.168.0.1 (Unique private IP)
  Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 (Same Subnet)
  Gateway: (Blank)
  DNS Server Search Order: (Blank)
  
  CLIENT COMPUTER
  Ethernet Card on Client computer(s) for LAN Access
  IP Address: 192.168.0.2 (Unique private IP)
  Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 (Same as Server's Subnet Mask)
  Gateway: 192.168.0.1 (Server's IP Address)
  DNS Server Search Order: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (Server's IP and/or ISP recommended DNS entries)
• Verify TCP/IP - "Ping Test"
  

  TCP/IP - "Ping Test"
  
  Make sure to reboot all computers after you have configured TCP/IP. To verify your TCP/IP:
  Click on Start > Programs > MS-DOS Prompt, at the DOS prompt, type the following:
  
  On the Server Computer, type:
  

  1. ping 192.168.0.1
  2. ping 192.168.0.2
  3. ping 216.136.165.157 while connected to the Internet
  4. ping www.sohoware.com

  
  On the Client Computer, type:

  1. ping 192.168.0.2
  2. ping 192.168.0.1

  You should get 4 "REPLY" with proper "TTL=xxx" at the end of each reply. This means your ping was successful. All computers MUST pass these ping tests before continuing. If you are sucessfully passed all the Ping Tests, then use your SyGate 2.0 diskette and install SyGate on the SERVER computer ONLY.
  
  

• Installing SyGate 2.0
  
  After reboot, open SyGate Manager, click on the Status tab. Verify that the "Engine status" is "Running, online"
  
  
• Test SyGate 2.0
  
  With your SyGate Manager running and your Internet connection, perform the following Ping Test:
  
  On the Server computer, type:
  1. ping 192.168.0.2
  2. ping 216.136.165.157
  3. ping www.sohoware.com

  On the Client computer, type:

  1. ping 192.168.0.1
  2. ping 216.136.165.157
  3. ping www.sohoware.com

  If you pass this second Ping test, your computers have properly setup to share the Internet. Please make sure that your Client computers are connected through LAN connection, no "Proxy Server," and do not use "Automatic Detect Setting".
  
  Should you run into any problem, check our Sygate Frequently Asked Questions