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Netscape 3.01, with weird Proxy 'ideas'.....
I just installed Netscape Naviagatotr Gold 3.01, and have a weird problem. When I want to go on intenet with the Navigator, it doesn't connect. It says the site doesn't have a DNS entry. This is incorrect,because I have been to the site before and can still reach it with Explorer. When I change my Proxy to automatically and try to go there by
a proxy server, Navigator says I don't need a Proxy (which is true by the way). Then I change the settings back (all with Navigator still running) to "No Proxy".... And Netscape works brilliantly!
But every time I start Netscape Navigator again, I have to use this trick to get it working...
What can be the problem? Or even more, what can be the answer to this? All my settings (firewall, gateway, DNS, IP) are correct as far as I know, but I keep this problem...
Any one knowing the answer please let me know and receive loads of
gratitude in return....
Francois Punselie
fransuha@euronet.nl
a proxy server, Navigator says I don't need a Proxy (which is true by the way). Then I change the settings back (all with Navigator still running) to "No Proxy".... And Netscape works brilliantly!
But every time I start Netscape Navigator again, I have to use this trick to get it working...
What can be the problem? Or even more, what can be the answer to this? All my settings (firewall, gateway, DNS, IP) are correct as far as I know, but I keep this problem...
Any one knowing the answer please let me know and receive loads of
gratitude in return....
Francois Punselie
fransuha@euronet.nl
Can you give more detail as to your networking settings? For example, are you using dial up networking, what is the DNS settings, etc.
ASKER
Settings:
In my >Configuration>Network the settings are:
For TCP/IP: -Automatic IP address
-no WINS resolution
-nothing in the Gateway section
-DNS configuration: off
-In the other tabs nothing is selected
In my External Acces> TCP/IP settings (in the conection I use for internet) the settings are:
-By server provided IP address
-Primair and secundair DNS, I have the numbers provided by my internte provider (194.134.5.5 and 194.134.0.97)
-no WINS numbers
-IP headercompression and Standard Gateway are both
on.
Hope this is enough information, when not, tell me again. Thanx in advance,
Francois Punselie
fransuha@euronet.nl
[sorry if I'm using wrong terms. I have a Dutch version of Windows95, and am translating them by heart]
In my >Configuration>Network the settings are:
For TCP/IP: -Automatic IP address
-no WINS resolution
-nothing in the Gateway section
-DNS configuration: off
-In the other tabs nothing is selected
In my External Acces> TCP/IP settings (in the conection I use for internet) the settings are:
-By server provided IP address
-Primair and secundair DNS, I have the numbers provided by my internte provider (194.134.5.5 and 194.134.0.97)
-no WINS numbers
-IP headercompression and Standard Gateway are both
on.
Hope this is enough information, when not, tell me again. Thanx in advance,
Francois Punselie
fransuha@euronet.nl
[sorry if I'm using wrong terms. I have a Dutch version of Windows95, and am translating them by heart]
Seems that the setting is correct.
Does your ISP require you access web through their proxy erver?
When you change the setting to "automatic", what url you give and what is exact message of Netscape?
Does your ISP require you access web through their proxy erver?
When you change the setting to "automatic", what url you give and what is exact message of Netscape?
ASKER
Answer to question 1: No, I have immediate acces, so no proxy is required.
Answer to question 2: It doesn't give any message, you can only see it is attempting to get a 'proxy connection' with the hoist I specified in the automatic proxy. Only when I stop (so press the 'stop connection'button) it says: "The proxy automatic configuration file could not be loaded. Check the proxy automatic configuration URL in preferences. No proxies will be used'
then it also goes where I wanted it to go, without using the proxy, so like it was doing this with 'No proxies' specified in the Netscape configuration...
By the way this makes me think of something... let me try Automatic Proxy, but not specify a host... Look what it does then...
Thanx again,
Francois Punselie
fransuha@euronet.nl
Answer to question 2: It doesn't give any message, you can only see it is attempting to get a 'proxy connection' with the hoist I specified in the automatic proxy. Only when I stop (so press the 'stop connection'button) it says: "The proxy automatic configuration file could not be loaded. Check the proxy automatic configuration URL in preferences. No proxies will be used'
then it also goes where I wanted it to go, without using the proxy, so like it was doing this with 'No proxies' specified in the Netscape configuration...
By the way this makes me think of something... let me try Automatic Proxy, but not specify a host... Look what it does then...
Thanx again,
Francois Punselie
fransuha@euronet.nl
ASKER
Just tried it without a host specified in 'Automatic Proxy'.... And no result. So in someway does the looking for a wrong proxy server triggers Netscape to work alright after that. But before that... no results....
Weird....
Weird....
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Thanx faster!
I did try the first one, with changing the proxies, but it took to long before it would give a'no DNS' answer, so (Impatient) me went to regedit. I never knew that this program was around (and I have needed it a few times already.... I just deleted the Netscape in it (the proxy settings were empty...) and re-installed Netscape. Works fine now...
Thanx for the answer and thanx for showing me regeedit!
Francois Punselie
fransuha@euronet.nl
I did try the first one, with changing the proxies, but it took to long before it would give a'no DNS' answer, so (Impatient) me went to regedit. I never knew that this program was around (and I have needed it a few times already.... I just deleted the Netscape in it (the proxy settings were empty...) and re-installed Netscape. Works fine now...
Thanx for the answer and thanx for showing me regeedit!
Francois Punselie
fransuha@euronet.nl