Connect using TCP/IP Gateway to proxy server

Hello,

I have a network which uses a proxy server to allow
client applications to connect to the Internet. Internet
Explorer connects ok but I get issues with other
applications such as Outlook Express, Norton Liveupdate
and Telnet/FTP (from a DOS Window)

I believe there is a way to specify the Proxy Server as
the Gateway for the Internet using TCP/IP settings on the
client machine, so that the machine appears to have a
connection to the Internet. Could someone point me to a
guide to do this? Alternatively is there another way to
achieve this?

That depends on what kind of Proxy it is. The Browser's "proxy settings"
are for using a CERN Compliant HTTP Proxy commonly called a "Web Proxy".
These types of proxy "services" provide only HTTP, HTTPS, and encapsulated
"Readonly" FTP and do not provide Winsock communication required by Mail
Clients, "Normal" FTP, Telnet, etc. These other types of communication
require a "Winsock Proxy" which typically requires you install a "proxy
client" program on every workstation so that it can interface with the
Winsock Proxy Service.

Other types of proxys, that run on top of NAT, work by using the proxy as
the Clients Default Gateway.

There is no more else I can say without more specific information. It can be
a very complex subject.

--

Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com


"blinton25" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:5fef01c4cbfb$2bef4f30$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello,
>
> I have a network which uses a proxy server to allow
> client applications to connect to the Internet. Internet
> Explorer connects ok but I get issues with other
> applications such as Outlook Express, Norton Liveupdate
> and Telnet/FTP (from a DOS Window)
>
> I believe there is a way to specify the Proxy Server as
> the Gateway for the Internet using TCP/IP settings on the
> client machine, so that the machine appears to have a
> connection to the Internet. Could someone point me to a
> guide to do this? Alternatively is there another way to
> achieve this?

Hello,

Thanks, the information you have provided is useful. I
suspect the proxy information which we have is for a HTTP
Proxy, and since the machines don't run Proxy clients,
then Outlook Express will not be able to connect to the
mail server (even though it claims that it can using
Internet Explorer Connection settings)


>-----Original Message-----
>That depends on what kind of Proxy it is. The
Browser's "proxy settings"
>are for using a CERN Compliant HTTP Proxy commonly
called a "Web Proxy".
>These types of proxy "services" provide only HTTP,
HTTPS, and encapsulated
>"Readonly" FTP and do not provide Winsock communication
required by Mail
>Clients, "Normal" FTP, Telnet, etc. These other types
of communication
>require a "Winsock Proxy" which typically requires you
install a "proxy
>client" program on every workstation so that it can
interface with the
>Winsock Proxy Service.
>
>Other types of proxys, that run on top of NAT, work by
using the proxy as
>the Clients Default Gateway.
>
>There is no more else I can say without more specific
information. It can be
>a very complex subject.
>
>--
>
>Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
>www.wandtv.com
>
>
>"blinton25" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:5fef01c4cbfb$2bef4f30$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a network which uses a proxy server to allow
>> client applications to connect to the Internet.
Internet
>> Explorer connects ok but I get issues with other
>> applications such as Outlook Express, Norton Liveupdate
>> and Telnet/FTP (from a DOS Window)
>>
>> I believe there is a way to specify the Proxy Server as
>> the Gateway for the Internet using TCP/IP settings on
the
>> client machine, so that the machine appears to have a
>> connection to the Internet. Could someone point me to a
>> guide to do this? Alternatively is there another way to
>> achieve this?
>
>
>.
>

"blinton25" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:6a0b01c4cc17$e3c83740$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks, the information you have provided is useful. I
> suspect the proxy information which we have is for a HTTP
> Proxy, and since the machines don't run Proxy clients,
> then Outlook Express will not be able to connect to the
> mail server (even though it claims that it can using
> Internet Explorer Connection settings)

I have never seen that work successfully. I really don't know why those
options are even there, but maybe they know something I don't.

--

Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com