Pass through deployment

Latest revision as of 14:52, 15 July 2014

1. Pros and Cons
   1. Pros
      • Do not require a "port mirroring" device.
      • UDP traffic can also be filtered in pass-through mode.
   2. Cons
      • More complicated to setup.
      • You might need to change your network current topology.
      • If the gateway/bridge server dies, you will lose internet access.
2. Network Bridge
   1. With a transparent network bridge, you can deploy WFilter transparently, without any change to current network topology and client device settings. Network topology diagram:
      
      
   2. Examples
      • Deploy WFilter with a windows 8 network bridge
      • Deploy WFilter with a windows XP network bridge
3. Gateway
   1. Setting up a windows gateway and install WFilter in this gateway to do monitoring and filtering. Network topology diagram:
      
   2. Examples:
      • Deploy WFilter with a windows 2003 gateway
      • Deploy WFilter with a windows 2012 gateway
      • Deploy WFilter with a win7 gateway and a wireless AP
4. Others
   • Deploy WFilter with a proxy server
   • Turn your windows into a Wi-Fi HotSpot to deploy WFilter