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To connect to an HTTP server, you must suppy the following information:
 The network location: You use the Roaming User Network Location dialog box to define the network location
of the master roaming users. You must supply the URL address of your HTTP server where your roaming user
master files are located. For more information, see Roaming User Network Location
.
 HTTP settings: From the HTTP Settings dialog box, you can set information specific to your HTTP connection
like Authentication, Firewall, and Proxy Server information. For more information, see HTTP Settings
.
Supported Servers
Internet Roaming is supported on:
 Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0
 Apache HTTP Server 2.0.54 and higher
Testing the HTTP connection
Once you have supplied all the necessary information needed to connect to your HTTP server, press the Test
Connection button. The Test Connection button tests the connection to your HTTP server bases in the
information you supplied in the Roaming User Network Location
HTTP Settings dialog box.
Troubleshooting test connections
The following table lists the possible messages you can recieve after pressing the Test Connection button.
Message Solution
Connection test successful! None - test successful.
Could not connect to the network location.
 Check spelling and syntx of the HTTP address in the HTTP
Settings dialog.
 Check your local network for problems.
Could not copy a file to the network location
 Check create and write privileges on the server
 Server not installed or active.
Could not create a directory on the network
location
 Check the create directory privileges on the server for the
Master Roaming directory.
 Check the the privileges for creating sub-directories under the
Master Roaming directory.
Could not delete a file from the network
location
 Check permissions on the Master Roaming directory. The user
must have read, write, and modify privileges
 Check that privileges are inherited in the subdirectories.
Could not delete a directory from the
network location
 Check permissions on the Master Roaming directory. The user
must have read, write, and modify privileges
 Check that privileges are inherited in the subdirectories.
Could not copy files into a directory created
on the network location
 Check permissions on the Master Roaming directory. The user
must have read, write, and modify privileges.
 Check for authentication time-out on your server.
 Check your local network for problems.