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Merlin Internet Services - Proxy Setup page
Clients are advised to use our proxy server proxy.mis.net.au
What's a proxy then?
A proxy server is a computer used on a network specifically to cache information that is travelling on the network.
This works much like the cache memory on your PC or hard disk, by keeping a copy of data that has been received for future reference.
This works by having your web browser send requests for information to the proxy server, which in turn, requests information from the original web site.
Before the proxy server goes to download the information you have requested, the proxy checks to see if it already has a copy of the data stored locally. If so, it checks to see if the remote page has been changed, and if not, sends you the information from the local copy.
Using the proxy server reduces traffic on the network, and can drastically increase the speed that information is transferred to your browser.
Research by National Laboratory for Applied Network Research has shown the savings, for users, and network capacity by using a proxy server.
Internet Browser Proxy Configuration Information
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x
Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.x
Microsoft Internet Explorer 2.x
Netscape Communicator/Navigator 4.x
Netscape Navigator 3.x
Netscape Navigator 2.x
Other WWW Browsers
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x
- Click on Start, then select Settings
- Select Control Panel
- Double click on Internet icon
- Choose Connection Tab
- Uncheck Access the internet using a proxy server box
- Select Automatic configuration Configure button
- Enter in URL: http://www.mis.net.au/proxy.pac
- Click on OK button
- Click on OK button
- Close Control Panel
Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.x
- Click on Start, then select Settings
- Select Control Panel
- Double click on Internet icon
- Choose Connection Tab
- Check Connect through a proxy server ON
- Click on Settings
- Enter in HTTP: proxy.mis.net.au
- Enter in HTTP Port: 8800
- Check Use the same proxy server for all protocols ON
- Click on OK button
- Click on OK button
- Close Control Panel
Microsoft Internet Explorer 2.x
- Click on Start, then select Settings
- Select Control Panel
- Double click on Internet icon
- Choose Advanced Tab
- Check Use Proxy Server ON
- Enter in Proxy Server Type: http://proxy.mis.net.au:8800/
For Netscape Communicator/Navigator 4.x
- Open Netscape, if not already open
- Click on Edit menu
- Click on Preferences menu
- Double Click on the Advanced catagory item
- Click on Proxies item
- Select Manual proxy configuration radio button
- Click on View button
- In the HTTP: type ptoxy.mis.net.au
- In Port: type 8800
- Do the same for all boxes EXCEPT in the Socks port box type 1080
- Click on OK button
- Click on OK button
For Netscape 3.x
- Open Netscape, if not already open
- Click on Options menu
- Click on Network Preferences menu
- Click on the Proxies tab
- Select Manual Proxy Configuration radio button
- Click on View button
- Enter in FTP Proxy: proxy.mis.net.au
- Enter in port: 8800
- HTTP in Proxy: proxy.mis.net.au
- Enter in port: 8800
- Click on OK button
- Click on OK button
For Netscape 2.x
- Open Netscape, if not already open
- Click on Options menu
- Click on Network Preferences menu
- Click on the Proxies tab
- Select Manual Proxy Configuration radio button
- Click on View button
- Enter in FTP Proxy: proxy.mis.net.au
- Enter in Port: 8800
- Enter in HTTP Proxy: proxy.mis.net.au
- Enter in Port: 8800
- Click on OK button
- Click on OK button
- Click on Options
- Click on Save Options
Everyone else
- Read your manual/documentation and set the proxy server address to proxy.mis.net.au and proxy server port to 8800
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