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Originally Posted by AlanYork
Well I attached myself to a German server and that seems to have improved matters. That CF test seems to think its a Leeds one but it aint!! Looks like it was a server problem. I'm not really sure about proxys as everyone I talk to seems to say "oooooh........security risk".....but hopefully NTL will sort it out in due course.
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The test is correct.
At the point you posted that, you
were being routed via the Leeds transparent proxy array (accessing CF via leed-cache-3.server.ntli.net).
The thing that many people forget when using non ntl proxy servers is that you cannot access a foreign proxy server via port 80, as ntl will intercept it and route you via theirs - this is what transparent proxying does. Also, if you have no proxy specified then again, ntl will intecept the port 80 (http) traffic and route you via your default array (which is Leeds in your case).
BTW, Interesting list they gave you to try, the first three are ntl servers, the last one appears to be a US based server, and would fail anyway as it specifies port 80 (see above).
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Originally Posted by AlanYork
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???
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Yes, but you can only use one at a time.
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Originally Posted by AlanYork
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.
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It will stop IE trying to find a proxy server itself - something it will fail doing. It's more designed for internal corporate networks than home / internet setups.