Proxies

[Wood Devil]

Should they be turned off or left on?

Recently I posted another thread about having connectivity issues, where my internet would drop for a second and then return. This was playing having with the online cycling training program I run. I just heard back from the people who run the program and they told me to make sure that if I had VPN or proxy, that is was turned off, as it can block connection to their servers.

In Firefox, I went to Tools> Options> Advanced> Network ... then clicked the Settings tab next to Connection.

There are options for:

• No Proxy

• Auto-detect proxy settings for this network

• Use system proxy settings

• Manual proxy setting

When I first went there my laptop was set to "Use system proxy settings." Should I choose "No proxy," or do as another web site suggests, go with Auto-detect?

[Noland]

Re: Proxies

The way yours is set is the default. I would leave it there.

Are you using a VPN?

[Wood Devil]

Re: Proxies

Not even sure what a VPN is?

[Noland]

Re: Proxies

Then you don't have one.

[Herr Walther]

Re: Proxies

Do not use proxy settings for your internet connection or you won't have one.

[Wood Devil]

Re: Proxies

Then you don't have one.

Ha! That's what I figured.

[Wood Devil]

Re: Proxies

Do not use proxy settings for your internet connection or you won't have one.

So it would be safe to choose the No proxy option?

[strmrdr]

Re: Proxies

So it would be safe to choose the No proxy option?

yep
If it don't work you can always switch it back.

[Wood Devil]

Re: Proxies

Done.

I switched it to no poxy on the laptop I used for the bike training. I left it alone, however, on the one I tool around on the old interwebs with.