Manual browser configuration

To configure a browser to send requests to Content Gateway, clients must provide the following information for each protocol they want the proxy to serve to their browsers:

The proxy's hostname or IP address.


	Important If Integrated Windows Authentication is configured for user authentication, the Fully Qualified Domain Name must be used. Specifying the IP address will result in authentication failure. See Integrated Windows Authentication.

The proxy server port. The Content Gateway default proxy server port is 8080.


	Important Do not set up the IP address of the Content Gateway proxy to be a virtual IP address. Although the Content Gateway manager does not prohibit the entry of a virtual IP address, the proxy does not function properly if a VIP is used.

In addition, clients can specify not to use the proxy for certain sites. Requests to the listed sites go directly to the origin server.

For Microsoft Internet Explorer version 7.0 and greater, proxy configuration settings are in Tools > Internet Options > Connections > LAN Settings. By default, Microsoft Internet Explorer sets all protocols to the same proxy server. To configure each protocol separately, click Advanced in the LAN Settings section. See the browser documentation for complete proxy configuration instructions.

For Mozilla Firefox 4.0 and later, proxy configuration settings are in Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Settings > Connection Settings > Manual Proxy Configuration. By default, you must configure each protocol separately. However, you can set all protocols to the same proxy server by selecting Use this proxy server for all protocols.

You do not have to set configuration options on the proxy to accept requests from manually configured browsers.