Learning how to set up a proxy server has to be done if you don’t want to be held back by limitations. To be a proxy means to be a facilitator, an enabler, something that effectively substitutes for something else. When it comes to the internet, this means using a program that acts like another or otherwise substitutes for it. In computing a proxy server is simply an informational middleman, if you will; it handles exchanges between the requester and the ultimate server. The requester is known as the client, and has to go through the proxy in order to get anything. The proxy server analyzes the request according to its filtering rules. The most common example of filtering is by IP address or protocol.
When you want to set up a proxy server, you should research all available options carefully. To start off, let’s take a look at something by the name of WinProxy. People really like it because everything’s absolutely invisible to the requester, with nothing to install on the client computer. NAT is available since WinProxy is a transparent proxy. That means that the client side doesn’t even know it’s dealing with a proxy server in the first place. Other than administrative stuff like caching and security, the usual complement of protocols are available.
Getting it going is fairly simple and quick to do. There’s really no better way to set up a proxy server. First off, TCP/IP needs to be set up on everything that will be handled by WinProxy. After that you can go on to install WinProxy itself on your system. Which, by the way, is available on-demand as a file download. Now once you fire up WinProxy for the first time, you should use the included setup wizard for ease and peace of mind. Like most such wizards, you’ll be prompted for your produce license serial number right away. The next two screens gathers information about the type of Internet connection that will be used- dial-up or broadband. Sometimes you’ll have to tell the program yourself. The next step will depend entirely on you, as it involves user access information like ID and password. WinProxy then configures the internal and external IP addresses for the network. Now what’s really interesting is how it turn internal LAN addresses into unique IP addys. The IP address that the Internet Service Provider has assigned to the modem or router becomes the external address. It is this external address that will be shown to those outside your network, providing the anonymity you need. WinProxy will then prompt the you to disconnect from the Internet,if you are already connected.In the final step, WinProxy verifies all the steps and ensures that all operations have been performed properly.