Proxy server vs. Default route

[kevindd992002]

If my proxy server is different from my default gateway (two different devices with two different private IP's located in the same subnet) and all my internal Windows computers are set to use the proxy server listening at port 3128, what kind of packets will flow through the proxy server and what kind of packets will use the default route?

 

[kevindd992002]

Subscribed.

 

[System Error Message]

all that will be seen by the gateway is traffic from the proxy server and traffic that cannot use a proxy. Not everything is compatible with a proxy. I use a proxy server to get around my ISP's NAT detection and it doesnt work with a number of things. For example steam and some games cannot use a proxy server as they are not compatible even if you use tunneling. ICMP as another example as well.

 

[kevindd992002]

That's what I thought. So technically, even though I remove the default gateway IP address setting in my computer's NIC (assuming I don't use DHCP), HTTP/HTTPS browsing will still work if the proxy server is set, correct?

 

[System Error Message]

yup