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SONICWALL SONICOS STANDARD 3.0 ADMINISTRATOR’S GUIDE
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Configuring Web Proxy Settings
Configuring Automatic Web Proxy Forwarding
SAlert: The proxy server must be located on the WAN; it can not be located on the LAN.
To configure a Proxy Web sever, select the Network > Web Proxy page.
1
Connect your Web proxy server to a hub, and connect the hub to the SonicWALL security
appliance WAN port.
2
Enter the name or IP address of the proxy server in the Proxy Web Server (name or IP address)
field.
3
Enter the proxy IP port in the Proxy Web Server Port field.
4
To bypass the Proxy Servers if a failure occurs, select the Bypass Proxy Servers Upon Proxy
Server Failure check box.
5
To send proxy requests from the OPT interface as well as the LAN interface, check the Forward
OPT/DMZ/WLAN Client Requests to Proxy Server checkbox.
6
Click Apply. Once the SonicWALL security appliance has been updated, a message confirming
the update is displayed at the bottom of the browser window.
Bypass Proxy Servers Upon Proxy Failure
If a Web proxy server is specified on the Network > Web Proxy page, selecting the Bypass Proxy
Servers Upon Proxy Server Failure check box allows clients behind the SonicWALL security
appliance to bypass the Web proxy server in the event it becomes unavailable. Instead, the client’s
browser accesses the Internet directly as if a Web proxy server is not specified.
Forward OPT/DMZ/WLAN Client Requests to Proxy Server
By default, client requests coming in through the OPT interface are not forwarded to the Proxy Server.
To send OPT/DMZ/WLAN client requests as well as LAN client requests, check the Forward OPT/
DMZ/WLAN Client Requests to Proxy Server checkbox.