This page explains how to configure Netscape Navigator to utilize a proxy server on the network.

Proxy Servers and Netscape Navigator

Netscape Navigator (NN) may also be configured manually or automatically to work with a proxy server.

Figure: NN4 Edit menu

For example, to manually configure NN4, first click on Edit to access the drop-down menu. Click on the Preferences... menu item to raise the Netscape Preferences dialog. This dialog is a property sheet featuring a hierarchical arrangement of buttons in the left channel (as compared to the tabs in IE). Double-clicking on the Advanced item (or single-clicking on the small arrow graphic to the left of this text) displays the Proxies sub-item. Finally, clicking on Proxies displays the proxy server configuration dialog within the window.

Figure 6: NN4 Preferences, Proxies dialog

Within this dialog, use the Direct connection to the Internet option to bypass proxy servers, and use the Automatic proxy configuration option to work with the automation script mechanism discussed earlier. (Navigator does not support WPAD.) To manually configure the proxy configuration, choose the middle option and click View to raise another dialog where the proxy server's host name or IP address can be entered.