Conference gyro::internet_toolss

    I don't have those problems.  It's blazing fast here (WRO) from IE 3.02.
    Are you sure you aren't using the proxy server?  All *.dec.com (IE) or
    .dec.com (Navigator) should be excluded, so all internal access is
    directly from your PC to the site.  IE's silly "Do not use proxy server
    for local (intranet) addresses" check box should be ignored; it isn't
    enough.
    
    --Ron
    
    
Stolen from Note 4644.2: (Recorded Previously)
    
    As the previous note mentioned, the no proxy settings should be set...
    as they have been since the beginning to time.  ".dec.com" for Netscape
    Navigator and "*.dec.com" for Internet Explorer.  This is not new.  ##
    
    By the way... the proxy settings for access should be:
    www-proxy.{your-site-code}.dec.com (in most cases)
    
    (Ping it to see if it works for you; it's not everywhere.)  An
    attempt was made to point www-proxy at each site DNS domain to the
    closest/fastest proxy server on our corporate WAN.  (People still point
    to PA or CRL even though there are closer servers that would minimize
    WAN traffic.)
    
    This, of course, only applies to people not using AltaVista Tunnel for
    access to the network.  In that case, you never use a proxy and do not set
    a "no proxy" setting at all.  (You're on the external and internal
    Internet at the same time.)
    
    --Ron
    
    
    ## In some sites, there might be special caching proxy servers that
       are intended to reduce WAN usage.  In these cases, "no proxy" might
       not be set -- all data is funneled through the cache.  This is
       mostly overseas.
    
    

What's this "ping" thing I keep seeing?

How does one "ping" a site/location, and from where is it done?

    "ping" is a utility program that checks to see if a target machine is
    "alive" (in a tcp/ip kind of way).
    
    If you (in Win95) shell to MS-DOG, and at the promt type ping and then
    an address, say, 16.121.160.237 (stealing the number from you last
    entry) you should see something like...
    
    C:\WINDOWS>ping 16.121.160.237
    
    Pinging 16.121.160.237 with 32 bytes of data:
    
    Reply from 16.121.160.237: bytes=32 time=410ms TTL=121
    Reply from 16.121.160.237: bytes=32 time=358ms TTL=121
    Reply from 16.121.160.237: bytes=32 time=372ms TTL=121
    Reply from 16.121.160.237: bytes=32 time=362ms TTL=121
    
    C:\WINDOWS>
    
    which tells you that the target machine is alive and responding, and
    that there is a bit of distance between us.
    
    Think of it as somewhat analogous to a submarine 'ping' that emits a
    sonic burst of energy to see if there is a 'reflection' that something
    is there. 
    
    hth,
    
    H

Thanks for the reply (.1).  Indeed, my problem was an incorrect
proxy setting; "dec.com" and the "do not use proxy server..."
checkbox didn't work; it was *.dec.com as you suggested.

Thanks again.

RE: .3

Thanks!!

which requires that you use an automatic proxy configuration.

I'm not sure what this does, but I'm guessing that someone who knows
what's what is setting up the server that provides the automatic proxy
info and your browser gets updated automatically with the right stuff.

The reason that CCS doesn't have one is
	1. no one has told them about it
	2. they have to wait until next year to budget and buy the system
	3. it doesn't really work
	4. it would eliminate the need to communicate with your coworkers
	5. ???

Is it possible to specify another area to keep favorites, like on a
network share that I can use both at work and from home?

Pete

Bit of an unfair slight on CCS doncha think?

We've had a proxy server in OLO for 2 years (I ran it, whilst I was in CCS). 
We now have a CCS managed Proxy server in REO.

CCS aren't the same everywhere, some are pretty good.

Stu

    
    	RE: .7
    
    	I carry a Netscape bookmark.htm file around with me on a disk and
    	transfer it to the system before I start Netscape, so I always have
    	the same file no matter where I am.  I guess I could drop it onto
    	an NT file server and import it whenever I open Netscape, but I
    	haven't tried it yet.
    
    	Does IE have an "import favorites" option?
    

Not that I can find.

Pete

Re: .10

The Microsoft IE Favourites are just Internet Shortcuts stored on 
disc - you can  copy some or all folders between machines or between 
different users on the same machine (e.g. if you want to share useful 
links with a co-worker.)

On Windows NT these are stored at:

?:\WINNT??\Profiles\<<username>>\Favorites

I think you could probably use the Briefcase utility to automatically 
keep them updated between machines, but I haven't 
tried this.