Psion Teklogix 32M/64M, netBook manual Cache & memory usage, Using proxy servers, Proxy exceptions

Cache & memory usage

To open Web, connect to the Internet and load a page with graphics, you should ensure your netBook has around 2000K free.

Web can keep local copies of the Web pages you’ve viewed during any one session, so you can open them more quickly and even view them when you’re not connected to the Internet. You can change the size of this “cache” according to the amount of memory you have free.

To change the size of the cache:

∙Select General preferences from the Tools menu, tap on the Other page and enter the Maximum cache size that you want.

∙The cache is cleared when you close Web. To stop this, select General preferences from the Tools menu, tap on the Other page and remove the tick from the Empty cache on exit box.

To view or clear the contents of the cache:

∙Select the Cache command from the Information command in the Tools menu. A list of the files stored in the cache will be displayed. Tap Empty now to remove all the files and free memory.

Using proxy servers

A proxy Web server is a remote machine that stores a large number of Web pages. You can use a proxy server as a single point of Internet Web access. By setting Web to use a proxy server, you may be able to retrieve pages more quickly.

To set a proxy server for Web pages:

1.Select Proxy server settings on the Tools menu.

2.Select the Internet service provider you want to use the proxy server for, and select ‘http’ in the ‘Protocol’ line.

3.Tick Use proxy server and enter the address for the proxy server in the Proxy server line.

4.In the Port number line, enter the port that you wish to use to access the remote machine. You may need to contact your Internet service provider for this information and the server’s address.

Proxy exceptions:

You can specify ‘exception’ Web addresses that will be excluded from the proxies you have set up. To do this:

1.Select Proxy server settings on the Tools menu.

2.Select the Internet service provider for which you have set up the proxy, then tap on the Exceptions button.

3.Use the Add button to add exception addresses for which you don’t want to use the proxy server.

You can delete proxy exceptions by tapping the Remove button.

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