X Xenophon Expert Member Joined Sep 14, 2005 Messages 3,909 Reaction score 1,735 Location Venus, the only planet to rotate clockwise Oct 5, 2005 #1 Can somebody explain it to me?
A andres101 Expert Member Joined May 14, 2004 Messages 2,124 Reaction score 2 Location /\/¯¯¯¯¯\/\ Oct 5, 2005 #2 What would you like to know? What is a proxy server? Answer
W WiseCrack Expert Member Joined Mar 27, 2005 Messages 1,958 Reaction score 41 Oct 5, 2005 #3 Do you want to know how to use the proxy server?
S slimothy Banned Joined Jan 14, 2005 Messages 4,808 Reaction score 0 Oct 5, 2005 #4 its just a middleman server so you request stuff from server X and it goes through server Y like this: You -> Server Y -> Server X and Server X -> Server Y -> You it means if theres certain forms of shaping and you have a guaranteed slice of bandwidth from a proxy you can get around it by using a priority port. However you can't hype proxies up too muxh because they themselves can be packet shaped. Clipse uses a VPN though which probably won't be packet shaped as a lot of business clients use it.
its just a middleman server so you request stuff from server X and it goes through server Y like this: You -> Server Y -> Server X and Server X -> Server Y -> You it means if theres certain forms of shaping and you have a guaranteed slice of bandwidth from a proxy you can get around it by using a priority port. However you can't hype proxies up too muxh because they themselves can be packet shaped. Clipse uses a VPN though which probably won't be packet shaped as a lot of business clients use it.