Proxy Server

Connecting a local network to the internet

with Analog X Proxy Server

AnalogX Proxy is a small, light, easy to use proxy server, freeware, and quick to download.
It's very easy to configure, but you may have to install aditional sofware and re-configure
a few things in order for everything to work. This is all explained below.

This text is largely based on the readme.txt that comes with AnalogX Proxy.

I've rewritten it a bit as a 'Quick Start' guide - Click here to see the original text, which
contains additional, more complete information. If you need a brief intro in setting up a
home network and setting up TCP/IP, you may have a look at this introduction.

1- Install Analog X proxy on your server

(server : machine that will have the connection to the internet)

 Download proxyi.exe and run it to install the proxy server.

 You can choose the destination folder at the beginning of the setup
procedure
 Create a shortcut in the windows startup folder to start proxy
automatically as soon as the computer is turned on.
 Start the proxy server start : programs : AnalogX: proxy : proxy
 you get a green icon in the system toolbar.(bottom left of your
screen)
 Click on the icon to get a menu
 choose configuration, check that all necessary protocols are on (leave
as is)
 If you want to be able to send and receive e- mail from all your computers, you'll
need to configure the e-mail settings as well. We'll come to that later.
first there are a few other things you should check.

internet connection, browser, and e-mail from the machine where proxy is running
(server machine): does the dial up networking still function ? Can you browse the
web without using Proxy ? This needs to be working because proxy will dial your
default dial-up connection to connect the other computer to the internet.

2- local network setup

You need to install TCP/IP protocol on the workstation (= computer that will use
proxy to connect to the internet) and on the server. This is done in
Settings:Control Panel: Network.
You'll probably have TCP/IP -> Dial-up Adapter' there already, but you need also
TCP/IP -> your network card. Click 'Add' : Protocol. Then choose 'properties' for
TCP/IP->your network card and enter IP address and subnet mask. The
workstations do not need Dial-Up adapter any more as they will connect to the
internet through the ^proxy server. On the server, however, the Dial_Up adapter
needs to be configured so that it can communicate with your internet provider (i.e.
apply the settings provided by your ISP), while the network adapter needs to be
configured so that it has an IP address and a subnet mask to match the addresses
and sunbnet masks of the other PC's on your network.

To check if the computers can 'see' each other over TCP/IP you can 'ping' them :
Choose 'Run' from the start menu, or start a DOS session, and type 'ping [IP]', so
if the other machine you want to ping has the IP of '10.0.0.1', you would type 'ping
10.0.0.1'. If the machines can see each other, this will say something like 'Reply
from...' blah blah blah;
if they can NOT see each other, this will say something like 'Request timed out.'

See readme file for more trouble shooting tips.

Configuring your browser

If you use Internet Explorer, on each machine you want to be able to access the
proxy on, just go into the Control Panel->Internet Options, and select the tab
'Connections'. You'll see a button called 'LAN Settings', just click on it, and you'll
see the proxy settings. For most systems, all you will need to do is check the 'Use
a proxy server' box, enter the IP address of the machine the proxy server is
running on (in the example above, this would be '10.0.0.1', and set the Port # to

6588.
Select 'Ok', launch your browser, and you should be good to go! You can also add
the proxy server's IP address and port numbers for other protocols from this list, in
the "Advanced" Proxy Settings of Internet Explorer.

 HTTP (web browsers) (port 6588)

 HTTPS (secure web browsers) (port 6588)
 SOCKS4 (TCP proxying) (port 1080)
 SOCKS4a (TCP proxying w/ DNS lookups) (port 1080)
 SOCKS5 (only partial support, no UDP) (port 1080)
 NNTP (usenet newsgroups) (port 119)
  POP3 (receiving email) (port 110)
 SMTP (sending email) (port 25)
 FTP (file transfers) (port 21)

If you use Netscape, go to the Edit->Preferences->Category->Advanced-

>Proxies-> Manual->View. Here you'll be able to input the IP and port
address mentioned in the IE config process.

Configuring RealAudio

RealAudio can be configured to work with AnalogX Proxy as well... With the
G2 version (or newer), just go into Preferences and select the 'Transport'
tab. Then, select 'Use specified transport', and click on 'RTSP Settings' and
'RTA Settings' buttons; finally, set them both to 'Use HTTP Only'. That's it!
Now RealAudio will stream via the Proxy!

Configuring Email

Configuring Email is a little trickier, so make sure you have the web
browser proxy working properly before doing this. You now have two
methods,

one is to use the method described below, which can sometimes be a pain
to get working,

the other is to just use Socks4 and a client that either supports it, or works
with Socksify (refer to the section below about Socks).The latter is really
easy

If you want to try the normal method, open up the 'Configure' menu, and
select 'Configure Email Alias's'; you'll be presented with the email account
configuration area. Select 'Add' from the menu; this is where you will enter
in the servers you check your email from...

First, you need to enter the email address that people send messages to,
like 'bob@domain.com'. Next, you need to set the POP3 server, which is
where your email program goes when it receives email; normally this will
be something along the lines of 'pop3.domain.com' or 'mail.domain.com'.
Finally, you need to set the SMTP server, which is what your emails are
sent through, which in the above example could be something like
'smtp.domain.com'.

Now, it's important to note that not every service uses two different names
for the server, you might check both POP3 and SMTP from the same
server; in this case you can just leave the SMTP field blank. That's it for the
proxy!

Now you have added email support for this particular user.
You need to set up the configuration of the email program you use; this
varies from program to program, but you need to go to wherever you enter
both the servers that the program checks. Now, instead of entering
'mail.domain.com' or whatever your mailserver is, you'll enter the IP
address of your proxy server, such as '10.0.0.1'. It's important to note that
you won't need to change the port settings in the email program, since the
proxy uses the same ports a normal server would. Also, you will set both
the SMTP, as well as the POP3 servers to the same IP address; the proxy
will make sure they get to the correct place. Now, let's check out your
configuration; try sending an email to yourself... If everything is configured
properly, they you should be good to go!

One more thing to note about email; it will only support using a certain
username once; for example, you can't have bill@homecomputer.com and
bill@workcomputer.com; but you can have bill@homecomputer.com and
sue@another.com. In most cases this shouldn't be a problem for users,
since most people have different usernames for each account. This way, it
was easier to make the program work, but it has a down side.

One other note about email; if you have a different login name than email
name (like you check mail by using the login name bill, but your email
address is billyg@computer.com), then you'll need to create TWO alias in
the email section; one just like normal, using billyg@computer.com, and
one using the login name in place of the email name (so
bill@computer.com).
Configuring FTP

In order to use the FTP portion of AnalogX Proxy, you must use a dedicated
FTP program, like CuteFTP (you can find all of the FTP clients for any
platform on http://www.tucows.com/), and you MUST configure it to use a
Proxy/Firewall. Also, somewhere in it's options (usually where you turn on
the Proxy option), you'll have to select one more option, and that's Proxy
Type... You'll want it to be something like this 'USER user@domain.com';
this sets the format of the request to AnalogX Proxy so it knows what
you're trying to connect to. Refer to your specific programs docs about how
to configure it, but don't email me - I only use CuteFTP and Microsofts FTP,
so I won't know how to configure yours. Also, this will NOT work with
browsers, since they do not (currently) support proxying of FTP requests in
the same manner. Proxy also supports the use of the OPEN command, so if
your FTP client can be configured to issue 'OPEN domain.com' then the
proxy will automatically route the connection through.

Configuring SOCKS4

Socks4 is a protocol that allows other programs not specifically written to

work with a proxy to work - *VERY* cool. NEC (the main force behind
Socks) has made a program called 'SocksCap' available for free here:
http://www.socks.nec.com/reference/sockscap.html
It is the primary way you get non-proxy programs to work. Just install it,
configure it to point to the proxy's IP address (10.0.0.1 or whatever) at
port 1080, and then set it up to work with whatever programs you normally
use. (Add Application, then enter or browse to the application's .exe - that's
all) Then, when you want to use them on your proxy'd machines, you
simply launch them through SocksCap Control window, and it takes care of
the rest; nice!

You can even drag/drop shortcuts from the SocksCap control to e.g. your
desktop, so you can start the program (e.g. your email) + SocksCap both
through the same shortcut. Works wonderful t