Freeserve Easy Guides

Internet Explorer 5

Step 3:

Checking your Internet Explorer Settings

        A. Proxy settings in IE5
        B. IE5 Internet Connection

NB. If you have just installed your Freeserve software and intend to use Freeserve as your sole Internet Service Provider, you DO NOT need to make any of the changes detailed below.

There are several settings changes that you may want to make to your Internet configurations, particularly if you use more than one connection and don't always want to force your browser to access the web through 'Proxy' settings.

• Freeserve recommends that if you are connecting through your Freeserve connection you always turn your proxy settings on. Using our webcache will give you both faster and more reliable web browsing.
• To open your Internet Settings panel, click on Start select Settings and then double-click on the Internet Options icon;

  

• Or launch Internet Explorer then select Internet Options from the IE View menu.

  

• From the Internet Options panel you can choose which settings to adjust.

  

IE allows different proxy settings for each ISP used. These settings are then used automatically when you connect to that ISP.

To modify your Proxy settings or to change which of your Internet Connections is used by default, click on the Connections tab at the top of the Internet Options screen.

• To access your Proxy settings, click the Settings button. To turn the proxy cache on, tick the appropriate box, then click the Advanced button.

  

• You can type in the appropriate addresses into the Proxy settings fields.

  For your Freeserve connection, use the following settings:

  HTTP set to: http://www-cache.freeserve.com    PORT no: 8080
  FTP set to: http://www-cache.freeserve.com     PORT no: 8080

  

• To set the default dial-up connection, highlight the appropriate dial-up setting and select Set Default. Then select 'Always dial my default connection' by clicking in the circle next to the words so a dot appears.

  

• From the Dialup settings window, if you have multiple connections to the Internet you can choose which should be the default connection from the menu - where all your connections will be listed. If you intend to use Freeserve as your sole provider this should be set to Freeserve.

Other settings

• You can set other IE settings - such as the appearance of your web browser or the storage location of your temporary files - from the main Internet settings menu. However, the Freeserve software installation should have automatically set these for you.

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