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Understanding the Preferences Proxy Settings

The Proxy Settings tab of the Preferences dialog allows you to specify if you want the patches to be downloaded through a proxy server. This will be the server through which the local (or staging) server will get the patches from the HTTP server.

Do not use a proxy server to connect to the internet

Specifies to not use a proxy server to connect to the Arcserve Support internet site for patch information. Instead the client machine (with Arcserve Backup installed) will connect directly to the Arcserve Support internet site to obtain patch information. This is the default setting.

Automatically detect proxy server settings

Specifies to automatically detect and use the pre-configured proxy server settings.

(The proxy server settings are configured and viewed from the Internet Explorer/Properties/Connections/LAN Settings dialog)

Use these Proxy settings

Specifies to use the provided proxy server settings. If you select this option, you must also include the IP address (or machine name) of the proxy server and the corresponding port number that is used by the proxy server for internet connections.

Proxy server requires authentication

Specifies that authentication information (User ID and Password) are required to use the proxy server. You will also be required to confirm the password.