Proxy help needed

[Paulie]

Hi troops
Adam at i-web thought that one of you nice people here should be able to help me out on which proxy to use for the Beckenham area.

Not to techy please. I`ve already screwed up bigtime once today

[Chris W]

here is thee complete list of ntl proxies... pick one that is local to you.

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/article.php?a=10

If you are using Internet Explorer, you need to go to tools-> internet options-> connections-> lan settings and tick "use a proxy server" the port number is always 8080.

If you use mozilla firefox, you need tools-> options-> connection settings -> manual proxy configuration.

[paulyoung666]

just beat me to it , its a good job i scrolled down for a spellcheck , sounds good to me though , if i may add 1 thing , a regular check back to see if you do not need to use a proxy is a good idea

[Paulie]

To be honest i dont know even if i am using one. Adam suggested it as i`m having a lot of problems at the moment connecting to my homepage, here and i-web. But not anywhere else.

[Paulie]

Can i assume that one just does a copy and paste job to insert the chosen proxy, or is there more to it?

[paulyoung666]

Originally Posted by Paulie

Can i assume that one just does a copy and paste job to insert the chosen proxy, or is there more to it?

yep just copy and paste it in , or type it in , dont forget to put the port in as well

[Paulie]

Originally Posted by paulyoung666

yep just copy and paste it in , or type it in , dont forget to put the port in as well

Thanks Paul

[Matth]

I'd suggest getting the proxy IP from the name, and entering by IP - then you save a DNS lookup from then on.