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| 4683.1 | | PYRO::RON | Ron S. van Zuylen | Wed May 21 1997 22:21 | 39 |
| I don't have those problems. It's blazing fast here (WRO) from IE 3.02.
Are you sure you aren't using the proxy server? All *.dec.com (IE) or
.dec.com (Navigator) should be excluded, so all internal access is
directly from your PC to the site. IE's silly "Do not use proxy server
for local (intranet) addresses" check box should be ignored; it isn't
enough.
--Ron
Stolen from Note 4644.2: (Recorded Previously)
As the previous note mentioned, the no proxy settings should be set...
as they have been since the beginning to time. ".dec.com" for Netscape
Navigator and "*.dec.com" for Internet Explorer. This is not new. ##
By the way... the proxy settings for access should be:
www-proxy.{your-site-code}.dec.com (in most cases)
(Ping it to see if it works for you; it's not everywhere.) An
attempt was made to point www-proxy at each site DNS domain to the
closest/fastest proxy server on our corporate WAN. (People still point
to PA or CRL even though there are closer servers that would minimize
WAN traffic.)
This, of course, only applies to people not using AltaVista Tunnel for
access to the network. In that case, you never use a proxy and do not set
a "no proxy" setting at all. (You're on the external and internal
Internet at the same time.)
--Ron
## In some sites, there might be special caching proxy servers that
are intended to reduce WAN usage. In these cases, "no proxy" might
not be set -- all data is funneled through the cache. This is
mostly overseas.
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| 4683.2 | | MRPTH1::16.121.160.237::slab | [email protected] | Thu May 22 1997 00:28 | 5 |
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What's this "ping" thing I keep seeing?
How does one "ping" a site/location, and from where is it done?
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| 4683.3 | | BBQ::WOODWARDC | ...but words can break my heart | Thu May 22 1997 03:41 | 28 |
| "ping" is a utility program that checks to see if a target machine is
"alive" (in a tcp/ip kind of way).
If you (in Win95) shell to MS-DOG, and at the promt type ping and then
an address, say, 16.121.160.237 (stealing the number from you last
entry) you should see something like...
C:\WINDOWS>ping 16.121.160.237
Pinging 16.121.160.237 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 16.121.160.237: bytes=32 time=410ms TTL=121
Reply from 16.121.160.237: bytes=32 time=358ms TTL=121
Reply from 16.121.160.237: bytes=32 time=372ms TTL=121
Reply from 16.121.160.237: bytes=32 time=362ms TTL=121
C:\WINDOWS>
which tells you that the target machine is alive and responding, and
that there is a bit of distance between us.
Think of it as somewhat analogous to a submarine 'ping' that emits a
sonic burst of energy to see if there is a 'reflection' that something
is there.
hth,
H
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| 4683.4 | | PRIME8::VAUGHN | Mike Vaughn DTN 339-5325 | Thu May 22 1997 09:57 | 5 |
| Thanks for the reply (.1). Indeed, my problem was an incorrect
proxy setting; "dec.com" and the "do not use proxy server..."
checkbox didn't work; it was *.dec.com as you suggested.
Thanks again.
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| 4683.5 | | MRPTH1::16.34.80.132::slab | [email protected] | Thu May 22 1997 12:08 | 5 |
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RE: .3
Thanks!!
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| 4683.6 | Or you can participate in the Millicent trials... | TWICK::PETTENGILL | mulp | Fri May 23 1997 21:31 | 12 |
| which requires that you use an automatic proxy configuration.
I'm not sure what this does, but I'm guessing that someone who knows
what's what is setting up the server that provides the automatic proxy
info and your browser gets updated automatically with the right stuff.
The reason that CCS doesn't have one is
1. no one has told them about it
2. they have to wait until next year to budget and buy the system
3. it doesn't really work
4. it would eliminate the need to communicate with your coworkers
5. ???
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| 4683.7 | Another re: IE | SHRCTR::PJOHNSON | Vaya con huevos. | Mon May 26 1997 14:11 | 4 |
| Is it possible to specify another area to keep favorites, like on a
network share that I can use both at work and from home?
Pete
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| 4683.8 | | WOTVAX::dhcp57.olo.dec.com::hattos | I'm back - as a matter of fact | Wed May 28 1997 09:04 | 8 |
| Bit of an unfair slight on CCS doncha think?
We've had a proxy server in OLO for 2 years (I ran it, whilst I was in CCS).
We now have a CCS managed Proxy server in REO.
CCS aren't the same everywhere, some are pretty good.
Stu
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| 4683.9 | | BUSY::SLAB | Audiophiles do it 'til it hertz! | Wed May 28 1997 13:03 | 11 |
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RE: .7
I carry a Netscape bookmark.htm file around with me on a disk and
transfer it to the system before I start Netscape, so I always have
the same file no matter where I am. I guess I could drop it onto
an NT file server and import it whenever I open Netscape, but I
haven't tried it yet.
Does IE have an "import favorites" option?
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| 4683.10 | | SHRCTR::PJOHNSON | Vaya con huevos. | Wed May 28 1997 15:33 | 3 |
| Not that I can find.
Pete
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| 4683.11 | | XSTACY::imladris.ilo.dec.com::grainne | Grainne Ni Choiligh | Thu May 29 1997 06:20 | 15 |
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Re: .10
The Microsoft IE Favourites are just Internet Shortcuts stored on
disc - you can copy some or all folders between machines or between
different users on the same machine (e.g. if you want to share useful
links with a co-worker.)
On Windows NT these are stored at:
?:\WINNT??\Profiles\<<username>>\Favorites
I think you could probably use the Briefcase utility to automatically
keep them updated between machines, but I haven't
tried this.
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