Caching Proxy Servers have been installed at the Norfolk Telecom ISP to improve web-browsing performance.

The way a Caching Proxy Server works is that your browser (Netscape Navigator, Internet Explorer, Mozilla, etc) checks with the proxy to see whether it has a recent copy of the information you have requested and if the Proxy has the information it is passed directly to your browser. This means that you are getting the information locally rather than downloading it all the way from the USA, or India, or Uzbekistan or wherever.

If the Proxy doesn't have the information then it will download it and simultaneously save the information as well as passing it directly on to you with no loss of performance. However, the next time that you or anyone else
asks for the same information, it will have it locally & will improve the performance.

Inherently, the more people that use the Proxy Server, the better it will be for everybody.

ALL users are therefore asked to reconfigure their internet browsers as per the instructions below. If you are unsure or don't feel comfortable doing this without support, feel free to contact the EDP department at Admin (22001) & request phone support whilst you do this.

Exclusions

Instructions for Configuring Browsers:

Please note:
For customers who have a Mac, if you use Microsoft Internet Explorer, please refer to the manual configuration at the end of this section.

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Netscape Navigator 2.x and 3.x

1. Open Netscape Navigator and from the menu select Options then select Network Preferences, a window similar to that below will appear.
2. Select the Proxies tab
3. Click on Automatic Proxy Configuration
4. Enter http://niproxy.ni.net.nf/config.pac into the Configuration Location (URL) field (circled)
5. Click Reload and OK

   

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Netscape Navigator/Communicator 4.x or Netscape 6.x

1. Open Netscape Navigator and from the menu select Edit then Preferences, a window similar to the one below will appear
2. Click on the '+' or the ‘>’ to the left of the Advanced option
3. Click on Proxies
4. Click on the Automatic Proxy Configuration button
5. Enter http://niproxy.ni.net.nf/config.pac into the Configuration Location (URL) field (circled)
6. Click Reload and OK

   

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Mozilla 0.9.x

1. Open Mozilla and from the menu select Edit then Preferences, a window similar to that below will appear.
2. Click on the '>' to the left of the Advanced option
3. Click on Proxies
4. Click on the Automatic Proxy Configuration button
5. Enter http://niproxy.ni.net.nf/config.pac into the Configuration Location (URL) field (circled)
6. Click Reload and OK

   

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Internet Explorer 3.x (MS Windows Only)

1. Open Internet Explorer and from the menu select View then Options, a window similar to the one shown below will appear.
2. Select the Advanced tab then click the Automatic Configuration button (circled)
3. In the Automatic Configuration window that appears (shown below) enter the URL http://niproxy.ni.net.nf/config.pac in the URL field (circled).
4. Click on OK then OK again in the Options window.

   

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Internet Explorer 4.x (MS Windows Only)

1. Open Internet Explorer and from the menu select View then Internet Options, a window similar to the one below will appear.
2. Select the Connection tab and in the Automatic Configuration area click on the Configure button.
3. In the Automatic Configuration window, enter the URL http://niproxy.ni.net.nf/config.pac into the URL field (circled)
4. Click on Refresh
5. Click on OK then OK again on the Internet Options window

   

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Internet Explorer 5.x or 6.x (MS Windows Only)

1. Open Internet Explorer and from the menu select Tools then select Internet Options..., a window similar to the one below will appear.
2. Select Connections and in the Dial-up … settings area find the icon with the name of the Norfolk Telecom dial-up service (circled below). Note that there may be other dial-up settings as shown below, you must ONLY change the settings for the Norfolk Telecom connection.

   

3. Select the Norfolk Telecom Dial-Up service by clicking on it once then click the Settings... button. A window similar to the one below will appear

   

4. Check the box next to Use automatic configuration script and enter the Address: http://niproxy.ni.net.nf/config.pac into the Address field
5. Click OK in this window then click OK in the Internet Options window

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Manual Configuration

For all of the above configurations you can alternatively configure manual
settings. This should only be done if you are sure of what you are doing, or
if you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer on a Mac.

1. In all cases follow the steps through to the automatic configuration point.
2. Instead of selecting automatic configuration use the manual configuration option and set the following options:

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