Dear all I have a Windows 7 PC which was setup with a default gateway which breaks out on to the internet and the IE fro this PC was setup with a proxy server (non windows) the automatically detect option was also selected in the proxy setting. When the user was connecting to any web pages the browser was taking a long time to display the web page, when I disabled the proxy the browser displays web pages without any delay, I am trying to understand which route has presidents in this type of scenario

Hi, When client PC use proxy server to access internet, it will need these steps to connect and receive feedback from proxy server: 1 User starts browser, connects to proxy server to get the Proxy Automatic Configuration (PAC) file. 2 Proxy server returns "proxy", which configures browser to do proxying. 3 User requests URL, URL compared against function retrieved from "proxy", connection route is determined. 4 Route for URL returned from function is "DIRECT"(no proxy required). Browser retrieves URL directly. 5 Route for URL returned from function is "PROXY xxxxx" (proxy required). Browser contacts proxy server and requests page. 6 Proxy contacts server and requests page. 7 Server sees request from proxy address and returns URL to proxy. 8 Proxy returns URL to User. So it will take a few seconds to access internet by proxy server. If it takes too long time to open a website, the issue may occurs with proxy server. Restart proxy server to see if the same issue occurs. Regards, Leo Huang TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com

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Hi, Did your problem solved? Please feel free to give me any update. Thanks. Regards, Leo Huang TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.comPlease remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Hi Leo I am trying to look for some more information online to understand web proxy better

Hi, This article describe the function and theory of proxy server, may be it can helpful to you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_proxy#Web_proxy Please Note: Since the website is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information. Regards, Leo Huang TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.