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3. All http traffic (on port 80), that is not Whitelisted, and only http (not https or secure traffic) is
intercepted and redirected to the internal proxy server. This is known as transparent proxy. The
internal proxy server does URL blocking and domain blocking. Also, the internal proxy server
can speak to an upstream proxy server to provide compression (premium service--fees apply).
Traffic through the internal proxy server can take one of several paths, dependent upon
whether or not compression is enabled.
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If compression is disabled all traffic goes straight to the Internet.
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With compression enabled, all http traffic goes to the upstream compression proxy
server and returns a compressed page. Ads are stripped out, text is compressed,
images are resampled and more. On average, you will experience 3-5x compression on
http traffic, thereby increasing the speed of your connection and your effective per Mb
cost of your connection.
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With compression enabled, Whitelisted Hosts or URLs bypass the upstream
compression proxy server and go straight to the Internet, bypassing compression.
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Blacklisted Hosts or URLs have no Internet access, regardless of compression status.
See Chapter 5.2.2 for details.
3.5 Navigating the User Interface
Access to the user interface depends upon how you login to the router. There are two logins
available: admin and superadmin. See Chapter 4.1.
The user interface is divided into sections; use the tabs to access the required service or
information.
On most pages in the user interface you will see three buttons in the lower right corner:
Reset: returns the page to its previous saved state.
Save: saves the changes, but does not yet apply the changes.
Save & Apply: saves the changes and applies them to the router configuration. In some cases,
the router must reboot to apply the change. If reboot is required, it will be noted on the page.