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Setup of a simple Proxy
For a test installation, I selected: www.pscs.co.uk/software.vsockslight.html

PSCS offers for
free a light version of
their VSOCKS Windows95/NT4 Proxy Server.
First, make sure, that the local network is properly configured
for TCP/IP networking (I suggest IP-addresses: 192.168.1.1,
192.168.1.2,...) and that you have a working Dialup-Networking connection to the
Internet.
Setup of the system running the
Proxy server:
Connect to the Internet and and use WINIPCFG (from the RUN-menu)
to check your ISP-parameters

Select "More Info":
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For this proxy program, I
need the
IP-address of the DNS-server of
my ISP. |
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make sure, that you have proper IP-addresses
defined for your local network and that you have
a binding of TCP/IP to BOTH the Network
card and the Dialup-Adapter. |
The installation of the Proxy program itself is simple: start the
SETUP-program:

Like most other proxy programs, it prompts you to define the
Startup-method:
- None ,i.e. you have to start it up manually
- via the Startup Group
- as a "Service"
Your choice.
Once it is installed, it is part of the menu-structure:

On starting this proxy ("VSOCKS Light"), it puts itself
as an icon into the taskbar:

The context menu ("right-mouse click") give more
options, we need to select:

"Properties" to finalize the setup:

When it states "RAS", that is the Windows NT
word for "Dialup-Networking".
Define your Dialup-connection, user-name and password (so that it can dial without any keyboard input), and this program also requires to enter the
DNS-server.
That's all for this proxy-program.
Double-clicking the icon brings up the Proxy-monitor:

Setting up the Clients on the network:
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Make sure, that you have a working
TCP/IP connection, so that you can
communicate with the Proxy server. |
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This proxy requires to configure the
Clients with DNS:
"Enable DNS" and define the
IP-address of the Proxy system as
DNS-system. |
You need to configure now your Internet browser for usage of a
proxy
(this has to be done for ANY Proxy
program ! ) :
Netscape:


Enter as "SOCKS Host" the IP-address of the
system running the Proxy-program and use as Port : 1080.
Microsoft:


Enter as "SOCKS" the IP-address of the system
running the Proxy-program and use as Port : 1080.
That's it ! You are ready to use the Proxy.
On the Proxy-server:
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as long as nobody requires the Internet connection,
it will be offline. |
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as soon as a client requires a connection,
the proxy will dial to connect to the Internet. |
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It will send the Username and password to get
authenticated. |
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And will then handle the communication.
If no communication has detected for the
time defined in the Preferences, it will
stop the connection to the Internet by "hanging
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if you have trouble getting to get your proxy program to work
with your Internet software, please view my suggested steps.
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