User's Manual

814 CHAPTER 20: LIVE UPDATE
These are as follows:
■ Use Web browser settings — 3Com Network Director uses the
same settings as your default browser to connect to the Internet. This
is the recommended setting if the default browser on your PC is
supported by 3Com Network Director.
■ Direct connection to the Internet — 3Com Network Director
connects directly to the Internet through the LAN.
■ Use custom proxy settings — 3Com Network Director uses a proxy
server that you specify to connect to the Internet. This is the
recommended setting if you require a proxy server to connect to the
Internet and your default browser is not configured to use that proxy
or your default browser is not supported by 3Com Network Director.
This is also recommended if your proxy server requires authentication
using username and password.
For more information on web browsers supported by 3Com Network
Director see “
Web Browser” on page 859.
3Com Network Director can only detect your default web browser
settings if your default web browser is Internet Explorer or a version of
Netscape Navigator earlier than 4.79, and will default to using a direct
connection to the Internet for other web browsers. If 3Com Network
Director cannot detect the default web browser settings then you can
configure the proxy settings manually by selecting the Use custom proxy
settings radio button.
Use Custom Settings Step
The Use Custom Settings step displays if you selected the Use Custom
Proxy Settings option in the Connection Type step. From this step you can
select the proxy settings such as a proxy server name, port, user name
and password as shown in Figure 443
.