Novell Documentation: Volera Excelerator 2.3 - Transparent/Default Gateway Setup

Transparent/Default Gateway Setup

Key Functionality

With a transparent/default gateway setup, an appliance's IP address is specified as the default gateway for the client workstation that the browser resides on. The appliance provides both routing and transparent proxy services.

How Transparent Streaming Proxy Works as a Default Gateway

Figure 19

Benefits of Transparent Streaming Proxy as a Default Gateway

Transparent streaming proxy doesn't require player configuration.
This configuration might be useful for small business networks where the transparent proxy server is on the same subnet as the players.
Using the appliance as a low-cost router might be sufficient for some small businesses.

Setting Up a Transparent Streaming Proxy as the Default Gateway

Figure 20 provides a visual map for the information in this section.

NOTE: The letters in Figure 20 are referenced in the table that follows. The addresses shown are for illustration purposes only. You will need to substitute actual addresses for your network.

Figure 20

Table .

To	Do This	Notes
Understand Media Excelerator's features.	To ensure you achieve the results you expect, we recommend you read the information in Using Streaming with Excelerator Features .
Ensure your basic network configuration is complete.	See Basic Network Configuration Setup in the Volera Excelerator 2.3 Administration Guide.
Set up HTTP transparent proxy services on the appliance.	In the browser-based tool, click Cache > Transparent Handling. Check Enable Transparent Client Acceleration (Transparent Proxy - L4 Switch Support). Ensure the Port field has 80 as its value. Check the IP address for the transparent service Click Apply.	See A in Figure 20.
Set up an MMS transparent service.	In the browser-based tool, click Cache > Streaming. Click Insert. Enter the name of the service. Select Transparent as the Type. Select MMS as the protocol. Click OK. In the Streaming Service dialog, type an alternate port, if applicable. Set log options if you are logging the services. If you are filling content through another proxy server, click Upstream Proxy Configuration. For more information see Streaming Tab in the Volera Excelerator 2.3 Administration Guide	See B in Figure 9. If logging is enabled, MMS log files for the MMS accelerator server will have the same name as the MMS accelerator service. Both native MMS and HTTP-MMS requests will be logged in this log file. IMPORTANT: If you are using the default MMS port numbers, you can only configure one MMS service per IP address. NOTE: UDP requests are filled using TCP unless the Allow UDP for Filling option is checked when a Media Cache service is created.
Set up the appliance as a router	After you have enabled Excelerator for transparent proxy services, check Router Options. Click Router Options. Set up appliance routing. Click Apply.	See A in Figure 20. For more information, see Router Capabilities and Router Options Dialog Box in the Volera Excelerator 2.3 Administration Guide.
Configure the client workstations to use the appliance as their gateway.	Refer to setup instructions for the system. The procedure is different for each platform.	See B in Figure 20. Use the transparent proxy IP address as the gateway IP address.