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4.2.
How It Works Out of the Box
We ship the router ready for use with a RedPort-certified compression email and/or web
browsing account (which must be purchased separately).
This default setup allows anyone with an XGate or RedPort-Certified email account or
web service to use the router to send and receive email and to browse the Internet.
This out-of-the-box configuration works well for both single and multi-user environments.
This configuration is also suitable for an environment where each person has a separate
primary email and/or web browsing account.
If you are in a multi-user environment, we recommend enabling Transparent proxy for
use with web compression. With Transparent Proxy enabled, all HTTP traffic is redirected
through the internal proxy server. This allows URL and DNS filtering (whitelist and
blacklist sites), some content filtering (i.e., removing flash video), and http logging to see
what URLs are being accessed by the users. You also have the option to communicate
upstream to a compression proxy server. For savings on voice calls consider RedPort
VoIP service. You may realize further savings by enabling satellite web compression (see
Section 6.5.0.).
Best Practice is to have a knowledgeable technician (someone who knows about proxy
servers and routers) go through and generate a custom configuration. In a fleet
environment, this custom configuration can be recorded and used on other Optimizer
routers within the organization.
