Home Proxy Server Issue

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Not really sure where to post this issue...but it's interesting. I set
up a home proxy server using puTTy (only way i could find how to do it
online) and Spoon Proxy (which isn't required but i run it on the home
machine).

Problem is, when I try to connect via puTTy from my work machine, it
times out. Thing is, it ONLY times out if I don't have some sort of
upload going from my home machine.
For instance, it works fine if I have uTorrent open and am
downloading/
uploading something from home. It's as if the connection needs some
sort of upload access (open port maybe?) before it can accept incoming
connections (if that's even what it uses, i could be talking nonsense
here)from my work PC.
Everything is fine if I keep a seeding torrent up at home, it's just a
little slow obviously since that bandwidth is being eaten up.
I checked the port forwarding and everything is how it should be...as
far as I can tell. It's a Netgear router.

Also, obviously when the connection gets stale after I have it open
for a while without activity, puTTy times out and i lose my
connection, having to reconnect again (not a big deal but would love
some sort of suggestion as to how to make that not happen).

Any advice would be very helpful!
Thanks
 
Not really sure where to post this issue...but it's interesting. I
set up a home proxy server using puTTy (only way i could find how
to do it online) and Spoon Proxy (which isn't required but i run
it on the home machine).

Problem is, when I try to connect via puTTy from my work machine,
it times out. Thing is, it ONLY times out if I don't have some
sort of upload going from my home machine.
For instance, it works fine if I have uTorrent open and am
downloading/
uploading something from home. It's as if the connection needs
some sort of upload access (open port maybe?) before it can accept
incoming connections (if that's even what it uses, i could be
talking nonsense here)from my work PC.
Everything is fine if I keep a seeding torrent up at home, it's
just a little slow obviously since that bandwidth is being eaten
up. I checked the port forwarding and everything is how it should
be...as far as I can tell. It's a Netgear router.

Also, obviously when the connection gets stale after I have it
open for a while without activity, puTTy times out and i lose my
connection, having to reconnect again (not a big deal but would
love some sort of suggestion as to how to make that not happen).

Any advice would be very helpful!
Thanks
Click to expand...

You might try the following:

Open the Device Manager
( Start -> Run -> devmgmt.msc )
Find your network card under the Network Adapters section.
Right-click on it and select "Properties"
In the window that comes up, look for a "Power Management" tab and
click on it.
Make sure the "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save
power" is unchecked.

HTH,
John
 
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