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AlanYork · 04-05-2005, 06:57

So I can, in effect, copy and paste the names of the servers, as printed on that list, into my LAN, use port 8080, uncheck "automatically detect settings" and off I go??? Please feel free to verbally slap me around if I've misinterpreted here but that seems to be what you're saying, yes?

Just out of interest, what difference will unchecking "automatically detect settings" make? I've always had it ticked as it appears to be the default setting.

Still, that seems to have resolved that issue for me, assuming I read you right, and it's great because being still a novice, I've learned something there.

One a wider level though, I am concerned at the fact that NTL were unable to resolve the issue and what I did forget to add was that this isn't the first time it's happened. Exactly the same thing happened a few months ago and again NTL Tech support suggested it was my PC at fault. It was shiny and new then, in fact I even took it back to the shop, they gave it a pretty thorough check over and pronounced it adware free, trojan free, virus free and 100% operational....surely, and correct me if I'm wrong here...I shouldn't need a proxy on my LAN? It should run fine without. All I got from Tech Support, to be honest was "well it SHOULD work...must be your PC...nothing much else we can do".... I'm paraphrasing but thats about the size of it. Well it certainly aint my PC, I use it for internet browsing, IM Messenger, e mail and the occasional game, hardly asking a lot of it is it...if tech support insist it's not their problem, is there anywhere else one can go, further up the chain perhaps?

Well maybe thats really for another thread, just thought I'd make the observation.

Again I thank you for your generous help.

04-05-2005, 06:57	#19
AlanYork Inactive Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 178	Re: Slow browsing So I can, in effect, copy and paste the names of the servers, as printed on that list, into my LAN, use port 8080, uncheck "automatically detect settings" and off I go??? Please feel free to verbally slap me around if I've misinterpreted here but that seems to be what you're saying, yes? Just out of interest, what difference will unchecking "automatically detect settings" make? I've always had it ticked as it appears to be the default setting. Still, that seems to have resolved that issue for me, assuming I read you right, and it's great because being still a novice, I've learned something there. One a wider level though, I am concerned at the fact that NTL were unable to resolve the issue and what I did forget to add was that this isn't the first time it's happened. Exactly the same thing happened a few months ago and again NTL Tech support suggested it was my PC at fault. It was shiny and new then, in fact I even took it back to the shop, they gave it a pretty thorough check over and pronounced it adware free, trojan free, virus free and 100% operational....surely, and correct me if I'm wrong here...I shouldn't need a proxy on my LAN? It should run fine without. All I got from Tech Support, to be honest was "well it SHOULD work...must be your PC...nothing much else we can do".... I'm paraphrasing but thats about the size of it. Well it certainly aint my PC, I use it for internet browsing, IM Messenger, e mail and the occasional game, hardly asking a lot of it is it...if tech support insist it's not their problem, is there anywhere else one can go, further up the chain perhaps? Well maybe thats really for another thread, just thought I'd make the observation. Again I thank you for your generous help.