Proxy Configuration for Netlet

The following attributes can be configured at the user level:

• Browser proxy type

• Browser proxy host

• Browser proxy port

• Browser proxy override list

If you do not specify these values in the administration console and Netlet is unable to determine the browser proxy setting, the user is asked for this information when a connection is being established through Netlet for the first time. This information is stored and used for future connections by the user.

Netlet fails to determine the browser proxy setting in the following scenarios:

• The user has Internet Explorer 4.x, 5.x or 6.x with Java plug-in (version less then 1.4.0), has enabled the "Use Browser Settings" option in the Proxies tab of the Java Plug-in Control Panel, and has specified an add-on product or INS file in the "Use automatic configuration script" field in the Local Area Network Settings dialog of Internet Explorer.

• The user has Netscape 6.2 with Java Plug-in (version 1.3.1_01 or greater) and has enabled the "Use Browser Settings" option in the Proxies tab of the Java Plug-in Control Panel.

In both these cases, Netlet may not be able to determine the browser settings, and hence the user is asked to supply the following information:

• Browser proxy type

  This attribute can take the values DIRECT or MANUAL. If the user chooses DIRECT from the drop-down list, Netlet connects directly to the gateway host.

• Browser proxy host

  Specify the required proxy host through which Netlet needs to connect.

• Browser proxy port

  Specify the port on the proxy host through which Netlet needs to connect.

• Browser proxy override list (Comma separated)

  Specify the hosts for which you do not want Netlet to connect through the proxy. This list can contain multiple comma-separated host names.