Network Proxy Preferences
The Network Proxy
preference tool enables you to configure how your system connects to the Internet.
You can configure the GNOME Desktop to connect to a proxy server, and specify the details of the proxy server. A proxy server
is a server that intercepts requests to another server, and fulfills the request
itself, if it can. You can enter the Domain Name Service (DNS) name or the
Internet Protocol (IP) address of the proxy server. A DNS name is a unique alphabetic identifier for a computer on a network.
An IP address is a unique numeric identifier for a
computer on a network.
- Direct internet
connection
Select this option if you want to connect to the Internet without
a proxy server.
- Manual proxy configuration
-
Select
this option if you want to connect to the Internet through a proxy server,
and you want to configure the proxy server manually.
- HTTP proxy
Enter the DNS name, or the IP
address of the proxy server to use when you request a HTTP service. Enter
the port number of the HTTP service on the proxy server in the Port spin box.
- Secure HTTP proxy
Enter
the DNS name, or the IP address of the proxy server to use when you request
a Secure HTTP service. Enter the port number of the Secure HTTP service on
the proxy server in the Port spin box.
- FTP proxy
Enter the DNS name, or the IP
address of the proxy server to use when you request a FTP service. Enter the
port number of the FTP service on the proxy server in the Port
spin box.
- Socks host
Enter the DNS name, or the IP
address of the Socks host to use. Enter the port number for the Socks protocol
on the proxy server in the Port spin box.
- Automatic proxy
configuration
Select this option if you want to connect to the Internet through a proxy
server, and you want to configure the proxy server automatically.
- Autoconfiguration
URL
Enter the URL that contains the information required to configure the proxy
server automatically.
Set which hosts should not use the proxy in the Ignore Host List in the Advanced Configuration tabbed section. When you access these hosts, you will connect to the Internet directly without a proxy.
