Vector PC-Duo, Manual

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Gateway Operation
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Installation notes
PC-Duo Gateway has two main components:

PC-Duo Gateway, which runs as a service with no user interface. Multiple PC-Duo
Gateways can be installed in the network.

PC-Duo Gateway Administrator, which is used to configure one or more PC-Duo
Gateways. PC-Duo Gateway Administrator (which does not require a license) can be
installed on multiple computers in your network.
Install via internet download
PC-Duo applications are distributed as ZIP files available for download from
http://www.vector-networks.com
. The contents should be unzipped (while
preserving the directory tree structure) on your computer.
To install the PC-Duo Gateway and PC-Duo Gateway Administrator, simply click on the
Gateway.msi
file.
Windows Firewall exceptions
PC-Duo Gateway automatically registers itself as an exception with Windows Firewall.
At installation time, the Host installer and Gateway installer create program-based
exceptions in the Windows Firewall. The exceptions are named ―PC-Duo Host‖ and ―PC-
Duo
Gateway‖, and allow network traffic to the Host service and Gateway service
programs, respectively, over their standard default ports.
If you do not want the exceptions (e.g. because the Host is set for reverse connections
only, and should not be ―exposed‖), you should disable the exceptions by unchecking the
box in the configuration dialog for Windows Firewall itself. It is not recommended that the
exceptions be deleted, because they will be recreated and enabled if you upgrade to a
later version of PC-Duo.
The exceptions are removed automatically when the products (Host, Gateway) are
uninstalled.