Proxy settings not being used in PWB

jfrasier · Post by **jfrasier** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 2:08 pm

I am running PWB 2.10 and can't seem to get the proxy server to work on one set of our public computers. This is what I have in the .ini file.

[Proxy]
UseCustom=TRUE
ProxyEnable=TRUE
ProxyServer=xxx.xx.x.xx:80
ProxyOverride=
AutoConfigURL=

I am calling pwb with this command:

c:\program files\teamsoftware solutions\Public web browser v2\pwb.exe /INI="c:\program files\teamsoftware solutions\Public web browser v2\pwb.ini" /URLINI=http://jefferson.lib.co.us/pwbfiles/10pwbfilter.ini

I checked the registry after starting PWB and the Proxyserver IP is there and ProxyEnable is 1 but I can still surf to naughty sites.

I don't know how to fix this.

Thanks
Jane

Post by **Scott** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 2:23 pm

When using the URL type INI files, PWB starts, downloads the file from the web site, and implements it. Unfortunately for the proxy to take effect it needs to be set before accessing a web site. So the proxy settings may not work with the URL type INI files.

You should change to either local or shared INI files.

--Scott

jfrasier · Post by **jfrasier** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 2:54 pm

What do you mean by shared .ini files?

Post by **Scott** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 3:44 pm

If you have a server on your netowrk with shared folders you can specified a shared INI file.

/INI=\\server\share\folder\other.ini

This way PWB reads the INI file directly from the server instead of downloading the file from a web server then reading it. Same benfits as a URL INI file, but it is more direct.

--Scott

jfrasier · Post by **jfrasier** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:14 pm

I will try that. It seems like there was a reason why I couldn't do it that way before -- something about subnets and vlans, etc.

THanks, Scott.