OBJECT SHARE WinProxy For Windows

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Summary: Nice Program!
Review: After you purchase this, a free upgrade is availble for the 4.0 version. Winproxy shares internet connections seamlessly. The sharing is very simple to set up, but can be a little tricky. Good documentation at the Mfgrs. web site.

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Summary: Works great
Review: I am a Unix guy with a distaste for (and willful ignorance of) Windows. I found this product easy to install (Windows NT 4.0) and it works great. Minor installation glitches were due to configuration of my other machines. Easily added custom port mapping to one of my internal machines! Have not yet been forced to look at manual or help. Recently added another machine to the network with only one minor weirdness (resolved). Clients on LAN include Mac OS X Server (Unix) and NT. Expect that planned addition of MacOS 8 client will be equally problem free.

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Summary: How to waste 8 hours, 1 server, and 2 workstations
Review: I found this to be the worst product I have tried to use for a long time. I downloaded the eval of the product and first succeeded in destroying my NT server. I contacted their tech support and they told me it was because I had been using Microsoft's Proxy Server.

In order to give them a fair chance, I built a brand new Windows 95-B machine. I tried to install their software and was told immediately to upgrade my Winsock.dll. I did. Then I installed their product and lost connectivity to my internal network.

Again I contacted tech support via email. To make an 8 hour story short, their tech support gave me TCP/IP settings that simply don't work or follow any book I have ever read. Then I learned after several hours that installing WinProxy will "toast" the TCP/IP stack on Windows95. I finally did get it running at a speed of about 1200 Baud across a cable modem.

I do find their tech support responsive, just not very knowledgeable.

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Summary: How to waste 8 hours, 1 server, and 2 workstations
Review: I found this to be the worst product I have tried to use for a long time. I downloaded the eval of the product and first succeeded in destroying my NT server. I contacted their tech support and they told me it was because I had been using Microsoft's Proxy Server.

In order to give them a fair chance, I built a brand new Windows 95-B machine. I tried to install their software and was told immediately to upgrade my Winsock.dll. I did. Then I installed their product and lost connectivity to my internal network.

Again I contacted tech support via email. To make an 8 hour story short, their tech support gave me TCP/IP settings that simply don't work or follow any book I have ever read. Then I learned after several hours that installing WinProxy will "toast" the TCP/IP stack on Windows95. I finally did get it running at a speed of about 1200 Baud across a cable modem.

I do find their tech support responsive, just not very knowledgeable.

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Summary: Works great
Review: Indeed, the installation of WinProxy 3, was a breeze. Getting a 3 computer network to share one modem, too, was easy. But after two days, I'm still trying to configure the mail portion of the program. Documentation is huge, but still can't find where my mail problems are addressed. I recommend the program, but be willing to spend time getting it to settle down and do what you need it to do.

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Summary: Easy install, difficult to configure
Review: Indeed, the installation of WinProxy 3, was a breeze. Getting a 3 computer network to share one modem, too, was easy. But after two days, I'm still trying to configure the mail portion of the program. Documentation is huge, but still can't find where my mail problems are addressed. I recommend the program, but be willing to spend time getting it to settle down and do what you need it to do.

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Summary: Winproxy does not perform as advertised.
Review: Ositis claims that WinProxy is easy to install but I did not find this to be true. I tried two separate scenarios. The first was a small LAN consisting of a server and two clients. I could not get the clients to connect to the internet. I sent an email to Ositis (No Customer service telephone number provided), but received no response.

The second installation was on my home computer where I had hoped to set up a personal firewall. But I never did get the software to install correctly. Again I sent an email to Ositis but did not get a reply.

The software has a 30-day satisfaction guarantee. I was able to contact them through amazon.com and they did honor their guarantee.

My advise is to find another modem sharing program.

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Summary: Stay away from this one
Review: This would not work properly on my 3 Windows Me pc's. The host computer always required 3 attempts to boot up. The email support always responded within 24 hours, but they were not very knowledgeable. I tried several other internet connection sharing applications, including the newly released WinProxy 4 and found WinRoute Lite to be the best and easiest to configure. [e-mail]

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Summary: Fabulous product - a must buy
Review: Very easy to install with a ton of documentation for both WinProxy and how to build a LAN. It was the perfect product for getting all the computers in my home online and worked great with my cable modem. It is a shame that one person's inability to configure it (it pretty much self-configures on install and walks you through it with a quick start guide) slants the rating. Generally, I have found that any problems I had were a result of my own misconfiguration of my LAN, not due to the product.