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DET Proxy Server Info |
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NSW DET schools can only connect to the Internet via a central proxy server,
which provides both caching and filtering services.
With this proxy server providing services to over 2000 schools across
NSW, you can imagine that it is a busy server!
The preferred browser proxy configuration for DET schools is the use of
a proxy automatic configuration (pac) file, which can be dynamically altered by the DET.
However, local school proxy servers, and pre-OSX 10.3 Macintosh computers, cannot use a pac
file. A "fixed address" proxy server is also available for use in
these situations.
Schools can setup a "local" cascading proxy server which provides faster
access to regularly visited websites, expecially when used in conjunction with a curriculum-focussed Intranet.
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- 1. No Proxy
- If your browser
is set to not use any proxy at all, you will only be able to access
sites on the DET intranet, but no sites on the Internet.
This may be useful in some situations!
2. The DET pac File- The DET recommends
that schools use a proxy automatic configuration file (pac file), which can be dynamically
altered by the DET.
This file is in the form -
http://pac.schoolname-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/schools/schoolname-p.pac
However this file cannot, by default, be used by pre-OSX 10.3 Macintosh computers,
or local proxy servers.
If you want to use a pac file on an older Macintosh computer, you can use Firefox/Mozilla browsers which hold this information in their own preferences.
Alternatively, you can use a "fixed" proxy address.
3. Fixed Address Proxy - This proxy address to access the Internet from within the DET network is:
proxy.det.nsw.edu.au (port 8080)
Access speed to local and DET intranet sites can be improved by using
a list of "exceptions" for DET
sites (txt file) - sites which the broswer will access directly,
without going via the proxy server.
4. Local proxy server- Setting up a proxy
server in your school can significantly improve Internet access speed,
when used in conjunction with a school Intranet being used as an Internet "gateway".
Information about local proxy server options is available at Wazza's
Proxy Server page.
See also the official DET
local proxy configuration info before setting up a local proxy server
in a DET school. (DET intranet access required).
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