Installation of proxy server software CC Proxy

Step 1 - LAN networks configuration

Normally, the clients and server are connected with A Hub, Wireless Hub, Switch or Router. The network protocol between the server and clients is TCP/IP. Therefore both the server and the clients have an IP address. The server IP address is static and fixed. The clients IP address can be fixed or dynamic which is obtained through DHCP. CCProxy only requires that the clients can ping through the server IP address. We know that the server may have multiple IP addresses, but must have one that is used to connect with other LAN clients. The IP address that is used to connect with the other LAN client is called the proxy server address, We generally assumed this to be 192.168.0.1.

If the clients and server have not yet been setup to have a connection, we recommend allocate IP addresses like this at below:

How to detect whether ping Requests are transferring through between the clients and server? At the client, in the "start" menu -> "run" -> "cmd", assuming that the server IP is 192.168.0.1, in the command line, to type "ping 192.168.0.1" then press return. If the result is similar to that at below, it means the client is connected to the server successfully.

If the result is like that at below, it means the client cannot connect to the server.

If the client cannot connect to the server, you need to check the IP address settings and the connections to the Hub, Switch or Router on the clients and server.

Step 2 - Internet connection

We know that there are many ways of connecting to the internet, which are for example, ADSL, optical fiber, satellite, broadband etc. CCProxy is not concerned about the manner in which the Internet connection is established, as long as the server is successful connected to the Internet.

The simplest way to check the server can access the Internet, is to input a web site address into the browser and see if the machine is able to access the webpage.

Users frequently mentioned single and dual NIC. In fact, the CCProxy is not concerned with hardware equipment. Both single and multi-NIC cards are supported and there are no special settings.

Special mention is that if the clients have been able to share the Internet, such as through the router, and hope to use the CCProxy to manage and control the clients' Internet access. You might need to do some changes on your hardware.

For example:

or

In this case, the clients can access the Internet directly with the Routers bypass proxy server. That's to say, CCProxy cannot control the clients. We need to isolate the client from Internet and force clients to access the Internet via the proxy server.

We have two methods to realize this.

Method 1:

Add one NIC card on the server and change the LAN networks as:

or

Method 2:

Configure the NAT in the router and block all LAN IP address accessing NAT except the server IP address. Only some advanced routers have this function. Please do this with the router's administrator.

Step 3 - Install CCProxy software at server

Please download the latest version of CCProxy's installation package from our site first. Running the installation package at server will install CCProxy to C:\CCProxy by default. Launch CCProxy and open the "options", the proxy server address is displayed in the "Local LAN IP address". Please check whether it's the proxy server address or not. If not, please uncheck "Auto Detect". Select the correct proxy server IP address from the drop-down list and check the checkbox on the right side.

Now, CCProxy has been installed on the server with default settings, CCProxy will permit all clients access Internet. If you want to manage the clients, please read "Account Manager".

If you get problem in launch CCProxy, please refer to "FAQs".

Step 4 - Configure IE browser proxy settings at clients

At the clients machine, please open IE menu "Tools", go to "Internet Options" -> "Connections" -> "LAN settings", select "proxy server", input the proxy server IP address in the "Address", 808 in the "Port". Select "local address bypass proxy". IE proxy setup is finished and we can access websites via the proxy now.

For other network applications' proxy settings, please refer to "Proxy configuration".

Many thanks to Dan Nicholson. He helped me fix this document.