Direct Connection Certain situations, such as mobile users connecting to the company through a modem, require a direct connection to the intranet environment. Proxies should not be used in these cases. Both Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator support direct connection in the browser. Java Plug-in recognizes and supports direct connection when you choose it in the browser. Manual Proxy Configuration Both Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator support manual proxy configuration.
Users can also specify one proxy server and port for all protocols as well.
To minimize the workload of the proxy server, some sites might bypass the proxy server completely when a machine is connecting to another machine inside the intranet environment. To do this, network administrators and users can specify the proxy server bypass list in the browser's setting. Java Plug-in recognizes and supports manual proxy configuration when you choose this option in Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator. Java Plug-in recognizes and supports the proxy server and port setting associated with the protocol. Java Plug-in recognizes and supports the proxy server and port setting associated with the protocol.