Chapter 3 - Software Reference

TCP/IP settings-WINS tab

The WINS tab allows you to configure the WINS settings of the selected configuration. This tab allows you to add WINS addresses and arrange them in order of their use. This tab also allows you to enable or import LMHOST lookup and adjust the NetBIOS settings.

Internet settings

A proxy server acts as a security barrier between your internal network (Intranet) and the Internet. A proxy server restricts other people on the Internet from gaining access to confidential information on your internal network or your computer.

Disable Proxy Server: Allows you to

disable the proxy server.

Enable Proxy Server: Use the Proxy

server to access the Internet.

Use the same proxy server for all protocols: Specifies whether you want

to use the same proxy server to gain access to the Internet using all protocols.

Servers field: Provides fields for you to type the address and port number of the proxy server you want to use to gain access to the Internet over HTTP, Secure, FTP, Gopher, and Socks protocol.

Exceptions field

Do not use proxy server for address beginning with: Key in the Web addresses that do not need to be accessed through the proxy server. If you want to connect to a computer on your Intranet, make sure you type its address in this box. You may use wild cards to match domain and host names or addresses, for example, “*.company.com”, “192.72.111.*”.

Bypass proxy server for local addresses: This option allows you to use the proxy server for all local (Intranet) addresses.

NOTE: You may gain access to local addresses easier and faster if you do not use the proxy server.

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