Clean Installation of WinGate
Important Notes About Installation:
- Make sure that your selected WinGate server meets the requirements outlined here.
- WinGate has the WGIC client software for Windows-PCs if you wish to use WGIC on your LAN. This is installed with the same installation program as used to install WinGate server. When the installer is run on any computer, it looks for an existing Wingate server on the same network. If one is found, the installer defaults to a client installation.
To begin a clean install of WinGate Server, answer the question below and then follow the instructions carefully.
What did you run on your network prior to this WinGate version?
- No proxy server or gateway at all
- Run the installer program on your selected Wingate server.
- Any other version of WinGate
- Uninstall the old version. This will effectively lose all of your previous configuration and settings (if you do not want to lose these we recommend you do an upgrade installation). To uninstall, select Uninstall WinGate from the WinGate program group under the Start menu. Run the install program on your selected Wingate server.
- Another proxy server product e.g. Microsoft Proxy Server 2.0, ICS
- We recommend removing any other proxy server software, as it is likely to conflict with WinGate (i.e. services will attempt to run on the same ports). However, this is not absolutely required – it is possible to run any number of proxy server products on the same computer.
Was the clean install successful?
WinGate runs invisibly as a Windows Service. This means it won’t appear as an application on your desktop. The file WinGate.exe does the actual work without interfering with the usability of your computer.
The big advantage of services is that they run when Windows starts. No user has to be logged in for services to run, and the operating system does not close them down when a user logs off. The operation of services in 95/98 is a little different than NT, but the same basic operation is achieved.
When the installer has finished, the following youn should see the WinGate Engine monitor icon should appear in the system tray. This indicates that the WinGate Engine Service is running and that the install was successful.
Icons will have been added to the WinGate group for stopping and starting this service. Make sure that the WinGate engine is running before starting to configure the client computers.
