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93600	2002-10-27 23:04:00	What's the go with ISP proxies? Why don't I enter my ISP proxy address in my Internet setting? Is it because when I go surfing my browser checks the proxy first by default as part of the settings made when I first logon? And the feature is available in my internet settings if I wished to use someone elses proxy? I started thinking about such things upon seeing the amount of bandwidth other members of the network here at home are using. I am going to setup a proxy server here and I thought why not have the proxy server checking the ISP's proxy? I know any bandwidth saving will come if the browsing is mainly to the same sites again and again. By the same token, at what point will a proxy be used as opposed to the internal cache and/or temp files in the client comp.?	~42~ (2034)
93601	2002-10-28 02:55:00	Not to proxy Proxying causes problems when you want to connect to somesites. Especially internet banking, and commonly it reports pages as no existant when in fact you know they exist. (ISP proxies im talking about here) Internal cache is used first, if it can't find it there then it goes and checks out the DNS, or in a proxies case, the proxy. So internal cache is always used first.	roofus (483)
93602	2002-10-28 18:17:00	Proxy. If you have a large number of users accessing the same information and its not realtime using a proxy server can save you a bomb in data fees. Using the ISP proxy is OK, but you really need to run one locally so that you get the maximum cost benefits. Also if you run it locally you can tell the proxy to forward all queries to specific sites directly (bypass proxy), this gets around the issues with internet banking.	BarryMcQ (1578)
93603	2002-10-28 20:42:00	> Proxy. > > If you have a large number of users accessing the > same information and its not realtime using a proxy > server can save you a bomb in data fees. He's talking about setting up a proxy at his home, so cost benefit analysis isn't going to really warrant it. > Using the ISP proxy is OK, but you really need to run > one locally so that you get the maximum cost > benefits. Also if you run it locally you can tell > the proxy to forward all queries to specific sites > directly (bypass proxy), this gets around the issues > with internet banking. True	roofus (483)
93604	2002-11-02 06:34:00	Thanks guys you have confirmed my suspicions. I didn't get any notification of your answers otherwise I woulld have replied earlier. One other thing. When using DHCP, one is not able to configure the clients to use the proxy the same way the IP address, Gateway, DNS etc are configured. Is this because in effect, the Gateway address should point to the proxy? This makes sense to me but is it true? Thanks future	future (1979)
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