Microsoft Windows troubleshooting checklist

Configuring Proxy Server on the server machine

To configure the Proxy Server on your server machine, take the following steps:

1. Install the IIS Web server on your server machine. This is a prerequisite.
2. Take the following steps to display the Properties panel for the Winsock Proxy computer:
   
   1. Click Start > Programs > Microsoft Proxy Server > Internet Service Manager.
   2. The following default services should be listed in the Internet Service Manager panel. Note that a default service will not be listed if the administrator has turned it off.
      
      • Socks Proxy
      • Winsock Proxy
      • Web Proxy
      • WWW
      • Gopher
      • FTP
   3. Click the computer name in the Winsock Proxy line.
   4. Open the properties.
3. Take the following steps to add a Protocol Definition for each special port required by Host On-Demand.

   Note that https (443) and telnet (23) are already defined.

   1. Click the Protocol tab.
   2. Click Add.
   3. Enter a descriptive name such as 'HOD port 8999'.
   4. Enter the port number required by Host On-Demand, such as 8999.
   5. Enter a connection type of TCP. All Protocol Definitions for Host On-Demand will have TCP as the connection type.
   6. Enter a direction of Outbound. All Protocol Definitions for Host On-Demand will have a direction of Outbound.

4. Take the following steps to configure the users and machines that can access the ports that you have configured:
   1. Click the Permissions tab.
   2. The settings listed depend on how you, as the network administrator, use Windows in your own network environment. You should give all users access to port 8999 if you want them to be able to read configuration data from the Host On-Demand server.

Configuring Proxy Server on the client workstations