How To Setup an Internet Gateway
 

Configuring WIN2000/XP TCPIP
We assume here that you have already configured Packet Engine (AGWPE.EXE) to use your tnc(s) and have installed also the SV2AGW TCPIP Adapter. Go to Control Panel/Network. You must have here at least the follow entries Dialup Adapter or your Ethernet card and also SV2AGW TCPIP Adapter. Also there are additional entries for TCPIP for each installed adapter. First select the TCP/IP ->SV2AGW TCP/IP Adapter and then press Properties Button. You should have here your amateur ip address and subnet mask set to 255.255.255.0. Select the Gateway Tab. It should be empty. Select the DNS Configuration Tab, should be empty. Check also that in the Bindings tab, the client for Microsoft is checked. Ready Press OK. If you are going to use your phone line for internet access then you don't need to do anything else. If you are going to use an Ethernet card then need to fill the TCPIP settings for this card. You must enter DNS ip addresses and Gateway ip address.

Now if you are going to use your phone as the gate to the Internet, Double click it and press properties.
Select TCPIP and press the [Properties[ button.
Press/Select the Advance. Now select "Sharing".
That's all!!! Be aware that windows may replace your ip addresses with 192.168.0.1, just rewrite your owns.

Configuring WIN98 TCPIP
Well, do you think it is impossible?? No just use WIN98 and AGW Packet Engine. You will have your Gateway ready and running in just a few minutes. First of all a brief introduction. Ham Internet Gateways are used to let amateur TCPIP over radio stations to access the internet. Usually they have a (or more) RadioPort with tnc(s) and a connection to the internet using an Ethernet Card or even simple modem and a telephone line. We have here two interfaces, the first can communicate with the packet stations and the second with the internet. We just need a program that will handles the data between those two interfaces. This program is called Proxy server. WIN98 cannot act as Gateway so we need something similar and the solution is the Proxy servers programs that are available. Most of them are Shareware but there are a lot freeware also. I found that the most suitable for our job is the HHPROXY which is also freeware. It is a little bit difficult to configure it but nothing special.
So we have installed the SV2AGW TCPIP Adapter we run AGWPE.EXE and the proxy server. now what? Well the proxy server will try to use your phone line to access the internet or your network card. Proxy servers are used in small (or large) networks so every station in the network share the same internet connection.

The Proxy server is configured to hear particular TCPIP ports from the packet interface and then redirects the data to internet. Lets see how this is done with an example. Assume that a TCPIP packet station SV2BBO wishes to read the TAPR WEB pages. The TAPR address is http://www.tapr.org. Our Gateway is the SV2AGW. SV2AGW has the 44.154.128.130 amateur ip address. SV2BBO must configure its browser IE 4 to use PROXY. In the proxy address field he enters 44.154.128.130 and the port to 8080, because SV2AGW proxy server listens for http connections at port 8080. SV2BBO starts a connection with the SV2AGW Gateway proxy and asks to see the www.tapr.org. The proxy server then ,which runs in SV2AGW, uses the phone line to reach TAPR and the data it receives from TAPR it redirects them to SV2BBO over radio. Quite simple. The same is done also for other protocols. Lets see how we can do telnet. SV2BBO first telnet to 44.154.128.130 (SV2AGW Gateway amateur ip address). The proxy server at SV2AGW responds with a prompt. Then SV2BBO sends the actual ip address which wishes to telnet. You must have in mind that for each operation over radio the user must use the proxy server first.

Lets see now how we must configure the HHPROXY program. I must say here that all the necessary info with examples are in the hhproxy zip package.
1.Set the line LocalName 44.154.128.130 (Where 44.154.128.130 is the amateur ip address of your station which acts as a Gateway).
2. if you are not using a phone line internet connection REM this line else configure it properly. Dial "T-Online" "" "" 0007777777770888888888#0001 ASK "" 180 194.25.2.129 3 30 That way
3. Configure all other protocols as in the sample configuration file.

We assume here that you have already configured Packet Engine (AGWPE.EXE) to use your tnc(s) and have installed also the SV2AGW TCPIP Adapter. Go to Control Panel/Network. You must have here at least the follow entries Dialup Adapter or your Ethernet card and also SV2AGW TCPIP Adapter. Also there are additional entries for TCPIP for each installed adapter. First select the TCP/IP ->SV2AGW TCP/IP Adapter and then press Properties Button. You should have here your amateur ip address and subnet mask set to 255.255.255.0. Select the Gateway Tab. It should be empty. Select the DNS Configuration Tab, should be empty. Check also that in the Bindings tab, the client for Microsoft is checked. Ready Press OK. If you are going to use your phone line for internet access then you don't need to do anything else. If you are going to use an Ethernet card then need to fill the TCPIP settings for this card. You must enter DNS ip addresses and Gateway ip address. Nothing else you are now ready. If you have any problems don't hesitate to contact me. Actually the first time we tried to setup a HAM Internet Gateway it took us only 10 minutes. Our first try was a few months ago. SV2BBO used his phone internet connection and i was the first who tried this WIN98 Gateway.

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