Paul B. Gallagher wrote:
Rickles wrote:
I assumed you were connecting to the internet through a router
device, most likely provided by your Internet Service Provider (ISP).
That piece of hardware, that box, normally has at least a firewall
function in it to protect you from unwanted internet traffic. A proxy
is simply a different box, but more powerful, that does the same
thing and more. If you have only a phone line plugged into your PC
and you go through a dial-up process to connect, then you're not
using a router of any kind, plain firewall or stronger proxy. Either
way, it'd be something in your house with you, not in a foreign
country. Since it looks like you have neither, then the question of
proxy settings inside SM is meaningless. You can't change SM for
something that doesn't exist in your home network.
My previous ISP, DirecWay (hughes.net) advised me to set a proxy using
192.168.0.1 on port 87 as a way of improving performance. I could still
get through OK without it, though. I could set it in the Internet
Options pane of Control Panel, which affected all Internet-enabled
programs, or I could set it for individual programs like SeaMonkey. And
yes, I had what they called a "modem" with several jacks in back, which
may or may not have fit the definition of a "router."
As for Windows firewalls, there was one built into WinXP, so if DrBill
wanted to, he could enable it. If he bought a third-party firewall, it
would make sense to disable the built-in one so they didn't compete.
Later editions of Windows all come with firewalls that you can
enable/disable.
How do I use this Windows XP Firewall ?
Where do I access it from ?
Is that "Proxy" from Hughes.net only theirs or a general pubic one ?
DoctorBill
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