Sorry � I assumed that the proxy server you were referring to was one on your local network.
As I�m sure you realise, the reason that your web browsing is so slow now is that you are not using the proxy server. Web browsing will still work (as it does) but you don�t get the buffering/caching effect of the proxy server, which is particularly important with a satellite connection. This is because of the latency of a satellite connection (between 700ms and 1sec, instead of 100-200ms for a normal land-based connection), and the proxy server should assist here (I won�t go into the details). >From the point of view of the computer, there are two things to get right � firstly, the actual connection. This is achieved by setting up your router to make the connection to the internet, and then setting up your computers to use the router instead of a direct connection. From the sound of things you have done this correctly. Secondly you need to set up your computer to do various things across the connection. In the case of web browsing (http transactions), rather than connecting directly to the web server you do this through the proxy server. The router doesn�t need to know anything about this at all, so there is nothing in the router to configure for this. Simply configure your web browser (OS 9) or the Network pane of System Prefs (OS X) to use the proxy server for http transactions, specifying the provided IP address and port number you have been given for the proxy server. Note that in your case you would still be able to access the web directly, by-passing the proxy server and its buffering, if you want to, just by un-checking the setting to use the proxy server. In most corporate cases this is not possible, as the proxy server here is used mainly for security reasons rather than for its acceleration. The Linksys guys will probably not have been able to help because the use of a proxy server doesn�t have any affect on the router, and there should be no settings changes necessary. The one thing to bear in mind is that when you have your system or browser set to use a proxy server, you will probably not be able to connect directly to the router to change its settings. This is because the router�s internal address (probably something like 192.168.0.1 or similar) is not a public internet address � it�s only valid for connections between systems on your local network (subnet). When you use a proxy server, the computer which actually requests the pages from a web server is the proxy server, and it isn�t on your local subnet along with the router. So if you want to connect to the router to change its settings you will have to temporarily turn off the proxy setting first. Hope this explains things well enough � let me know if you have any further questions, Nick -- Nick Collingridge - Zapp Computer Consultancy From: Andrew Rodger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: "Mac UK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 18:59:49 +0100 To: "Mac UK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Linksys router Thanks for replying Nick. The BT Business Satellite 500 account gives me a proxy address and an IP address (which is adjacent). Before the router, one computer would have these addresses located in the appropriate places in the Network setup and the Proxy setup would have the proxy address and port set, for http only. When the router was first set up, using the same settings, there is no place in the router set up for proxy settings. I kept the settings on computer as they were (addressing the proxy address BT set) but it did not work properly, so took the proxy settings off the computer completely and got access to http back again but now much slower page loading than when the computer was connected directly. I have consequently wondered whether I should enter the new router's address and the correct port to see if that would be what Linksys intend in this situation but they seem to have no idea what to advise. BT have run comparative tests with me and established that the page loading is vastly slower than it should be (10 - 15 secs against 50 - 60 secs). There is apparently lots of help for Linksys owners at their web site but the support is very much for windows folk and much of the instructions are rather "opaque" to say the least. I could just experiment but I like to be sure of what i am doing, especially where my livelihood is concerned. Thanks. Drew -- Mac UK is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac UK list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-uk.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-uk%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
