Setting up your browser

It's important to set up your browser in the right way so that the College doesn't get billed for more transatlantic internet traffic than it needs to. By connecting through the Cambridge proxy server, popular pages can be fetched from the local version rather than from the original. These instructions mainly relate to Internet Explorer and Windows, but it should be quite simple to adapt them for other browsers and operating systems.

1. Setting up a browser for the first time

If you're using Windows, the Internet Connection Wizard will guide you through the set-up of your browser. It may run automatically when you try access the internet, otherwise you can find it through Start>Settings>Control Panel>Internet Options, then in the Connections tab click Setup... The steps to follow within the wizard are (click Next > after each one):

• On the first screen, choose I want to set up my Internet connection manually...
• Next, choose I connect through a local area network (LAN)
• On the next screen, tick Use automatic configuration script then in the Address box fill in http://www.cam.ac.uk/proxyconfig.pac.
• The next screen allows you to set up email settings (see setting up email), but you can click No for now.
• Click Finish

2. Configuring an existing set-up

In Windows, you can make the changes in the Internet Options dialogue, which you can find from Control Panel or (in Internet Explorer) Tools>Internet Options...

• In the Connections tab, click the LAN Settings... button. Tick Use automatic configuration script then in the Address box fill in http://www.cam.ac.uk/proxyconfig.pac. Now click OK twice. You may need to reopen your browser.
• If this doesn't work, you can add the proxy server manually. In the LAN Settings dialogue box, tick Use a proxy server and enter Address:www.cam.ac.uk/proxyconfig.pac and Port:8080

3. Changing your start page