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by Stephen Persson >> Sun, 3 Sep 2000 22:40:17 GMT

Morning,
We are having trouble with a Thin Client app we have. We are hosting the app server and have had it running for about 5 months with no problems. However a couple of these clients have now switched to JetStream connections and can no longer make a connection to the server - App Server couldn't be reached error, but if they return to a dial up connection, no problems. JetStream techos say it must be a problem with the software - Jade say it must be a problem with JetStream - does anyone have any experience with running ThinClients via a JetStream connection that could possibly shed some light on the situation?
Alternatively is anyone willing to give me an AppServer address & port number of a thin client app they may have running so I can test a connection to it from behind our JetStream connection - no functionality would be required, just to pop up a log on screen would at least show us we had a successful connection.

Thanks
Stephen

by Leigh Roberts >> Sun, 3 Sep 2000 23:27:47 GMT

We have had a similar problem with a jetstream enabled customer. In fact the problem was neither Jetstream nor Jade. In fact it was a program installed to act as a pseudo firewall called Wingate. The product can be configured to disallow any socket connections.

Give me a call if you want to discuss.

Leigh (09) 366 1706

by Stephen Persson >> Wed, 6 Sep 2000 4:17:37 GMT

Whats the deal with proxy servers when it comes to thin clients - all these JetStream users also have proxies so I guess its more likely its the proxy thats causing the trouble.

I presume the appServer=???? in the shortcut still points to the appServer & not to the proxy Server - true?
Are there any proxy pitfalls that I'm missing here?

Thanks
Stephen