Set Up a Proxy Server with WinProxy
Getting around 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. In case of telecommunication, it is used for a device or program empowered to act for another. In computing a proxy server is simply an informational middleman, if you will; it handles exchanges between the requester and the ultimate server. Anything and everything needed has to go through the proxy; no exceptions. The proxy server analyzes the request according to its filtering rules. For example, one popular filter is to ban IP addresses outright.
When you want to set up a proxy server, a wide variety of choices exist out there. You might start by checking out one of the most popular proxys on the market, a piece of software called WinProxy. The main reason for its popularity is that no software needs to be installed on the client systems. 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. Apart from caching and the usual security features like filtering, WinProxy supports important protocols like HTTP, FTP, Telnet, Secure Sockets and DNS.
Configuration is not hard at all with WinProxy. There’s really no better way to set up a proxy server. Just make sure to take common initial steps such as installing TCP/IP on your network. Then, install WinProxy on the system, which you want to act as the proxy server. You can purchase this the traditional way in a store or through a simple download. Newbies should use the handy installation wizard for automatic installation. 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. Under certain rare circumstances you may have to denote such information yourself. The next step will depend entirely on you, as it involves user access information like ID and password. Just leave everything else to the program to handle. Now what’s really interesting is how it turn internal LAN addresses into unique IP addys. What your ISP assigned for your modem or router winds up being the external address. This external address is what someone else will see when his system requests something from yours. And that’s it! WinProxy will handle everything else. Simple, just like that.