Configuring Web Browsers to use McMaster Internet Proxy Server
Description of Configuration Steps
This list of settings for various versions of web browsers is intended as a brief guide to the configuration options needed to access the Internet through the McMaster web proxy server.
Supported browser versions include Mozilla Firefox 2 or higher and Internet Explorer 6 or higher.
Mozilla Firefox 2 & 3
Follow the chain of pull-down menus:
- Click on Tools
- Click on Options
- Click on Advanced (select the Network Tab), then Settings
- Click the Automatic Proxy configuration URL tick box
- Enter http://proxy.mcmaster.ca/nautocfg.pac into the
Configuration location (URL) box. - Then click OK, twice, to exit from the configuration setting menus.
Internet Explorer 6 & 7 - Cable Modem Connection *(see below)
Follow the chain of pull-down menus:
- Tools
- Internet Options
- select the Conections tab
- click the LAN settings button (lower right)
- set the Use automatic configuration script tick box (Warning: as of version 6, the Automatically detect settings box is set on by default, and does not automatically revert to unset when you select the automatic configuration script box - be sure to do this manually.)
- enter http://proxy.mcmaster.ca/nautocfg.pac into the Address box (make sure the Use a proxy server tick box below is unset).
Internet Explorer 6 & 7 - Dial-Up Connection *(see below)
Follow the chain of pull-down menus:- Tools
- Internet Options
- select the Conections tab
- select the relevant ISP in the Dial-Up settings box
- click on the Settings button beside it
- set the Use automatic configuration script tick box (Warning: as of version 6, the Automatically detect settings box is set on by default, and does not automatically revert to unset when you select the automatic configuration script box - be sure to do this manually.)
- enter http://proxy.mcmaster.ca/nautocfg.pac into the Address box
* (For Sympatico, if you use an external home modem/switch such as a Linksys, D-Link, SMC or NetGear to handle your connection through Sympatico's High Speed Internet option, choose the "Cable Modem" connection option; otherwise, Sympatico Access Manager software requires the "Dial-Up" option.)
Netscape Communicator 4.5
Follow the chain of pull-down menus:
- Click on Edit
- Click on Preferences
- Click on Advanced (select the + sign), then Proxies
- Click the Automatic Proxy configuration tick box
- enter http://proxy.mcmaster.ca/nautocfg.pac into the
Configuration location (URL) box. - Click OK to exit from the configuration setting menus.
Netscape 4.7, 6.2 and 7
Follow the chain of pull-down menus:
- Edit
- Preferences
- select Advanced (click on + sign)
- select Proxies
- click the Automatic Proxy configuration tick box
- enter http://proxy.mcmaster.ca/nautocfg.pac into the
Configuration location (URL) box. - Click OK to exit from the configuration setting menus.
Netscape 6.0
From the Netscape 6 Release notes: Automatic proxy configuration (APC files) are not supported. Your browser will appear to be unresponsive and unable to retrieve any URLs.
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