Preferences: Connection: Proxy

A proxy is a server that acts as an intermediary between a protected LAN and the Internet. The proxy server ensures that all data transmission between the Internet and a user on the LAN is authorized.

If you are behind a firewall, use these preferences to customize your access. If you do not know the host name or port number of your proxy server, ask your firewall administrator. For information on proxy servers and RealPlayer, see: http://service.real.com/firewall/.

Warning: Because these settings are network specific, there are no meaningful defaults for the manual settings. Consult your network administrator for the appropriate entries.

Options

Description

Media Browser Proxy Settings

This setting will only affect your Media Browser, not streaming content.

Change Settings... Opens the Connections preferences of your Internet Browser. Changes that you make here to the browser preferences are saved and stay in effect after you close RealPlayer.

Streaming Settings

Displays the current Proxy settings.

Change Settings... Opens the Streaming Proxy Settings dialog (below). Select a PNA, RTSP, or HTTP proxy. For each applicable proxy, enter the appropriate domain name or IP address of the server and port that the RealPlayer should use to communicate with the proxy server.

Streaming Proxy Settings
PNA and RTSP Proxies	No Proxy: (Default) Do not use a PNA or RTSP proxy. Automatic Configuration: Use the Automatic Configuration settings that are defined below. Use Proxies: Enter the correct Proxy address and Port number for the appropriate protocol.
HTTP Proxy	Use system Internet Connection proxy settings: (Default) If you have configured your web browser to use a proxy, this option will read those settings and use them for RealPlayer. No proxy: Do not use an HTTP proxy for streaming, even if one is selected in your Web browse. Automatic Configuration: Use the Automatic Configuration settings that are defined below. Use proxy: Enter the correct Proxy address and Port number.
Automatic Configuration	Automatically detect settings: (Available only if you have selected Automatic Configuration under PNA and RTSP Proxies.) Some networks broadcast proxy settings so that properly configured programs can automatically set and adjust their settings based on the current conditions of the LAN to which they are connected. (If your network does not use this broadcast, and you select this setting, you may not be able to properly play content.) Use script URL: Enter a URL containing a proxy script. The script is used to auto-configure the PNA-RTSP and/or HTTP proxies.
Do not use proxy for...	When you select a proxy, you can also specify a list of local hosts (domain names or IP Addresses) through which you do not need to communicate with the proxy server. Enter these hosts (separated by a comma) here. This field is only available if you have enabled one of the streaming proxy settings listed above. Your system administrator can provide you with the names of the hosts, if appropriate.

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