Setting HTTP Proxy Information

The application tries to automatically detect the system-wide proxy settings. However, if the proxy requires authentication this authentication information is not provided by the operating system and must be set manually.

Complete the following steps:

Detecting the needed proxy settings
Opening the Network Connections preference panel
Providing Proxy Settings for different protocols

Detecting the Needed Proxy Settings

If the needed proxy settings are not known, the Verify Network Connection feature can be used to detect proxy information on the system:

Click on Help > Verify Network Connection

The system prints the found proxy information in the Console View.

Use the printed information to set the proxy information in the Network Connections Preference Panel.

Proxy Information Must be set Manually

Currently, the Verify Network Connection command does not automatically set the needed proxy information. Please set it manually as described below.

Opening the Network Connections Preference Panel

Click on Window > Preferences
Click to expand the General node and select Network Connections

Providing Proxy Settings for different protocols

Click the Active Provider drop down and change to Manual
Select in turn the HTTP and HTTPS protocol schemes from the Proxy entries list and click Edit... to change settings.

The system opens the Edit Proxy Entry dialog.

Fill in the Host and Port fields with the proxy host and port.
If the edited proxy schema requires authentication, enable the Requires Authentication: option.

Fill in User and Password for authentication

Click OK to save the schema entry

SOCKS Scheme not supported

If the Proxy entries list contains a SOCKS protocol entry, clear it by selecting it and clicking on Clear. Some user reported problems if a SOCKS entry was present.

In the Network Connections preferences dialog click OK to save the new preference settings.

Changing Active Provider

Chaning the Active Provider back to Native, requires a manual clean of all entries in the Proxy entries list before closing the dialog. Otherwise the changes may not be properly propagated in the system.