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There’s a lot you can configure here. You might want to use the wizard to configure a
web proxy but you don’t have to, there’s not much difference but the client will check
if your settings appear to be correct. If you know the details, just fill them in. You’ll
probably need to configure the address (host name or IP address) and the port. If
you need to authenticate on the web proxy, fill in username and password as well,
and if it’s an NTLM authenticated proxy add the windows domain name as well. (In
this case, username, password and domain are probably the same values that you
use to log in to your PC!)
If you intend to use the FTP connection method and you cannot directly FTP to
servers on the Internet, there may be an “FTP proxy” on your network. (Don’t bother
to configure anything if you can use the “ftp” command line tool!) The port will likely
be 21, but you’ll need the hostname or the IP address as well – ask someone who
knows, there are legitimate needs to use FTP outside web browsers.
The most common connection scenarios are also covered by the Wizard available
through the button on the bottom – it’s the same that is run when you start the client
for the first time and it’s described in detail in chapter 2.3 on page 11.
When you are done, click on “Save and Exit” to save your changes, or on “Cancel” to
abort them.
So much for setting up the connection. You should now be able to start it up from the
Status panel. The connection indicator (the door) should open, a question mark
should appear while client and server negotiate, and disappear after a few seconds.
If it doesn’t disappear, your connection settings don’t work. Have a look at the