4.3.3.3 Browser Proxy Selection
Accessing Receiver units within your internal network
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Usually when the computer and Receivers are on an internal network, you will not
use Proxy server access.
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You should un-check the "Use Browser Settings" option on the "Proxy" tab.
Accessing Receiver units using the internet
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Often the web browser will use Proxy server access to the internet. In such cases,
the default Java runtime settings on the "Proxy" tab should suffice. The default
setting is the "Use Browser Settings" option.
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If the default proxy setting doesn't work, then you may have a situation where the
proxy settings of the web browser are incorrect.
Diagnostics:
If the web page of the Wireless System appears, then the HTTP Proxy is working fine.
If the data isn't updated on the Wireless System upon selecting the "Readings" web
page, there may be a problem with access through a winsock proxy server. In such
cases your network administrator will need to provide the winsock proxy server and port
#s. (The TCP ports Receiver uses for Java applets are 1000 and 1001).
These values should be entered into the Socks line on the "Proxy" tab (of the Java
Plugin control panel) or into the "connections" tab on the View,Internet Options dialog
and make sure that the Proxy tab shows that the "Use Browser Settings" option is not
selected (i.e. when you specify proxy connections in the Java Plugin control panel).
Accessing Receiver units over Peer-to-Peer network
A simple peer-to-peer network is setup by disconnecting from the main network (as users
will often do when trying to do initial setup of the Receiver) and then connecting the
Receiver to another computer using an ethernet hub, an ethernet switch, or a Cross-over
cable connection.
Often when using a peer-to-peer network, the Java plugin and the web browser (such as
Internet Explorer) have internet connections configured to connect through proxy
servers. In such case, you will need to simply assign the final IP address on this peer to
peer network and then view the Wireless System’s charts after connecting the Receiver
into the regular network. Otherwise you can disable the Java plug-in's "Use Browser
Settings" temporarily and then reconfigure the Java plug-in settings for regular network
access after testing the Wireless System’s chart access on your peer-to-peer network.
The "Use Browser Settings" should not be selected. And the HTTP and Socks proxy
entries s
hould be blank. Also, setup the internet browser so that proxy servers are disabled.
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