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Open Internet Explorer - (You do not need to be connected to the Internet - you can work offline)
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Go to
Tools
and select
Internet Options
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From the window which appears select the
Connections
tab
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Click on
LAN Settings
or if you are using VPN click on
Aber VPN
and then click on
Settings
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In the
Settings
window, under
Automatic configuration
, check the box to
Automatically detect settings
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Then tick the box to
Use a proxy server
........and
Bypass proxy server
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Click on
Advanced
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Set the Proxy address to use as
wwwcache.aber.ac.uk
and the port to
8080
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Tick the box to
Use the same proxy server for all protocols
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Under Exceptions add
*.aber.ac.uk
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Click
OK
to close the Settings window
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Click
OK
to close the Internet Options window
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These instructions were prepared for Firefox version 3.x If you have an older version the connection/proxy settings may be elsewhere within Tools and Options
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Open Mozilla Firefox - (You do not need to be connected to the Internet - you can work offline)
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Go to
Tools
and
Options
and
Advanced
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Select the
Network Tab
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Click on
Connection Settings
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Choose
Manual proxy configuration:
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Set the HTTP Proxy to
wwwcache.aber.ac.uk
and the Port to
8080
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Where it says No Proxy type
*.aber.ac.uk
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Click
OK
to close the Connection Settings window
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Click
OK
to close the Options window
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