Background

• Many companies use a proxy server on their corporate network. A proxy server is located between the Internet connection and the PCs on the office network.
  
  

Functionality

• Proxy servers can perform many functions, including filtering web content to ensure that staff cannot visit websites disallowed by their corporate IT policies, logging the websites staff visit for monitoring purposes and caching frequently accessed webpages for faster access. Many companies offer dedicated proxy server devices.
  
  

Configuration

• Configuration of the relevant proxy IP address will usually be done by your IT department. It is also possible to enter the relevant IP address numbers into the settings pages of your web browser.