What is proxy for and how to set the work through proxy?
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In some organizations, there is only one computer with direct Internet connection. Other computers work with Internet using that computer as gateway. In this case, you should use a special software called proxy-server. Such connection scheme is shown in picture 1. There are several incompatible types of proxy-servers: HTTP-proxy, FTP-proxy, Socks5-proxy, RealAudio-proxy and etc.
