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port 80, 8080 or 3128, to name the most popular ports. Check your web browser’s
configuration, it should be able to tell you.
Oh by the way, if you find that the wizard has the proxy details already filled in, then
it’s not magic – it just found them in your PC’s registry and probably has made life
easier for you.
Let’s assume you’ve been able to make it work. (If not, please ask a knowledge
person around you how you can use the web proxy, or try a manual configuration). It
worked if you see something like this:
It’s important that you see a “yes” or a number in any of the columns HTTP, HTTPS,
FTP or UDP. A “yes” means that the client has been able to use this protocol to
connect to the server using the default port settings, a number would mean that it has
been able to connect but on a different port, and a “no” means that the protocol could
not be used to connect to this server. The results are sorted by preference (a number
between 0 and 10), it indicates how well the server fits your requirements (if you’ve
set any). Choose a server (any will do for now, unless it’s all “no” – don’t use “auto-
choose best”), then click on “Next”.