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<div class="messagebox metadata">'''Note''': XMission's Dial-up Accelerator is designed to speed up web browsing for dial-up connections.</div>
 
  
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==Internet Explorer==
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'''Note''': XMission's Dial-up Accelerator is designed to speed up web browsing for dial-up connections.
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==Windows / Internet Explorer==
 
#Click on <span class="button">Tools</span> and select <span class="button">Internet Options...</span>.  
 
#Click on <span class="button">Tools</span> and select <span class="button">Internet Options...</span>.  
 
#Click on the <span class="button">Connections</span> tab.  
 
#Click on the <span class="button">Connections</span> tab.  
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#If you Dial-Up to XMission select XMission in the ''Dial-up'' window pane and click <span class="button">Settings...</span>
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#If you Dial-Up to XMission select XMission in the "Dial-up" window pane and click <span class="button">Settings...</span>
 
#If you connect with DSL click the <span class="button">LAN Settings...</span> button.  
 
#If you connect with DSL click the <span class="button">LAN Settings...</span> button.  
 
#Check <span class="button">Use automatic configuration script</span>.  
 
#Check <span class="button">Use automatic configuration script</span>.  
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#At this point you will need to enter the script for the appropriate proxy  in the <span class="button">Address:</span> field, enter <tt>http://www.xmission.com/accelerator.pac</tt>
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#In the text field to the right of '''Address''' enter '''http://proxy.xmission.com/accelerator.pac'''
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#<div class="messagebox metadata">'''Note''': For  Windows XP users - If the password field is empty on this page, enter your XMission password before you click on <span class="button">Ok</span>, otherwise Windows will set your password to be empty, and you will get a "Username/password error" when you try to connect.</div>
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#Press <span class="button">OK</span> at the bottom.
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==Firefox==
 
==Firefox==
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#Click on <span class="button">Tools</span> and select <span class="button">Options</span>.
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#Find your '''Preferences''' settings.  This varies by platform.
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#:(On Mac OS X, select <span class="button">Preferences</span> from the <span class="button">Firefox</span> menu)
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#:Linux - '''Edit''' Menu, then <span class="button">Preferences</span>.
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#On the <span class="button">General</span> section, click on the <span class="button">Connection Settings</span> button.
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#:OSX - '''Firefox''' Menu, then <span class="button">Preferences</span>.
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#Select <span class="button">Proxies</span>.
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#:Windows - '''Tools''' Menu, then <span class="button">Options</span>.
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#Select  <span class="button">Automatic proxy configuration URL:</span> and enter <tt>http://www.xmission.com/accelerator.pac</tt> in the text field.
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#Select the <span class="button">Advanced</span> section.
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#Press the <span class="button">Settings...</span> button after '''Configure how Firefox connects to the Internet'''.
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#Select <span class="button">Automatic proxy configuration URL:</span> and enter '''http://proxy.xmission.com/accelerator.pac''' in the text field.
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#Press <span class="button">OK</span> at the bottom.
  
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==Netscape Navigator==
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==Apple OSX / Safari==
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#Click on <span class="button">Edit</span> and select <span class="button">Preferences</span>.
 
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#On the left, click on the  <span class="button">+</span> next to <span class="button">Privacy &amp; Security</span> to expand the options.
 
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#Select <span class="button">Proxies</span>.
 
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#Select <span class="button">Automatic proxy configuration URL:</span> and enter <tt>http://www.xmission.com/accelerator.pac</tt>
 
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==Mozilla==
 
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#Click on <span class="button">Edit</span> and select <span class="button">Preferences</span>.
 
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#On the left, click on the <span class="button">+</span> next to <span class="button">Advanced</span> to expand the options.
 
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#Select <span class="button">Proxies</span>.
 
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#Select  <span class="button">Automatic proxy configuration URL:</span> and enter <tt>http://www.xmission.com/accelerator.pac</tt> in the text field.
 
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==Safari==
 
 
#Click on the Apple icon and select <span class="button">System Preferences</span>.
 
#Click on the Apple icon and select <span class="button">System Preferences</span>.
 
#Click on <span class="button">Network</span>.
 
#Click on <span class="button">Network</span>.
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#Click on the <span class="button">Configure</span> button.  
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#Click on <span class="button">Advanced...</span> in the lower right corner of the Network window.
 
#Select the <span class="button">Proxies</span> tab.
 
#Select the <span class="button">Proxies</span> tab.
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#Click the check box next to <span class="button">Web Proxy</span>.
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#Click the button next to <span class="button">Automatic Proxy Configuration</span>.
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#In the text field to the right of <span class="button">Web Proxy</span> <tt>enter proxy.xmission.com</tt>.
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#In the text field to the right of '''URL''' enter '''http://proxy.xmission.com/accelerator.pac'''.
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#In the <span class="button">Port</span> text field enter in <tt>8084</tt>
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==Google Chrome==
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#Pull down the menu under the icon shaped like a wrench.
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#Select <span class="button">Options</span>.
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#Select the <span class="button">Under the Hood</span> tab.
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#Under the '''Network''' section, press the <span class="button">Change proxy settings</span> button.
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#Click the check button next to <span class="button">Automatic Proxy Configuration</span>.
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#In the text field to the right of '''Autoconfiguration URL:''' enter '''http://proxy.xmission.com/accelerator.pac''''.
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#Press <span class="button">Close</span>.
  
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Latest revision as of 14:53, 14 January 2020

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Note: XMission's Dial-up Accelerator is designed to speed up web browsing for dial-up connections.

Windows / Internet Explorer

  1. Click on Tools and select Internet Options....
  2. Click on the Connections tab.
  3. If you Dial-Up to XMission select XMission in the "Dial-up" window pane and click Settings...
  4. If you connect with DSL click the LAN Settings... button.
  5. Check Use automatic configuration script.
  6. In the text field to the right of Address enter http://proxy.xmission.com/accelerator.pac
  7. Press OK at the bottom.

Firefox

  1. Find your Preferences settings. This varies by platform.
    Linux - Edit Menu, then Preferences.
    OSX - Firefox Menu, then Preferences.
    Windows - Tools Menu, then Options.
  2. Select the Advanced section.
  3. Press the Settings... button after Configure how Firefox connects to the Internet.
  4. Select Automatic proxy configuration URL: and enter http://proxy.xmission.com/accelerator.pac in the text field.
  5. Press OK at the bottom.

Apple OSX / Safari

  1. Click on the Apple icon and select System Preferences.
  2. Click on Network.
  3. Click on Advanced... in the lower right corner of the Network window.
  4. Select the Proxies tab.
  5. Click the button next to Automatic Proxy Configuration.
  6. In the text field to the right of URL enter http://proxy.xmission.com/accelerator.pac.

Google Chrome

  1. Pull down the menu under the icon shaped like a wrench.
  2. Select Options.
  3. Select the Under the Hood tab.
  4. Under the Network section, press the Change proxy settings button.
  5. Click the check button next to Automatic Proxy Configuration.
  6. In the text field to the right of Autoconfiguration URL: enter http://proxy.xmission.com/accelerator.pac'.
  7. Press Close.
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