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The Advanced tab displays the following window:
The following Advanced options are available:
Show Performance Summary Report. As a subscriber to Propel
Accelerator, you can, at your option, regularly get a summary
of the level of acceleration you are receiving. Summaries
appear at the conclusion of a given dial-up session in a message
that will briefly appear above the taskbar system tray icon.
You can adjust the frequency with which these messages appear,
ranging from "every time" to "never".
Port number. A "proxy server" is a technology
that allows Web content to be pre-processed by another application
before being sent to your browser. A proxy server that runs
on the same machine as the Web browser is called a "local
proxy server". Propel Accelerator is based on proxy server
technology. Since it runs on the same computer as your Web
browser, it qualifies as a local proxy server (sometimes called
a "client proxy").
Client proxies have an address and a port number. Propel
Accelerator uses an address of "localhost" and a
port number that is determined by Propel; by default port
8080 is used.
Propel Accelerator automatically chooses a different port
number if there are conflicts with other network applications
that you have running on your computer. Under most circumstances,
there is no need for you to specify a different port number.
However you can specify any available port number in the range
of 1025-65535. If you change the port number Propel Accelerator
automatically restarts.
Note: If you are using Netscape, Opera, or Mozilla,
see Propel Accelerator menu Help for additional details on
setting, verifying, and removing proxy server settings.
Launch Propel Accelerator at startup. In the Advanced tab
window you can change a default setting that launches Propel
Accelerator every time your system starts up. This option
is available in case of a need to isolate potential startup
problems on your computer.
If you choose not to launch at startup, you can start Propel
Accelerator from the Windows Start menu:
Programs -> {Propel Accelerator program group} -> Start
Propel Accelerator
In the Advanced tab, Internet connections with and without
proxy setting conflicts are displayed. You have two options,
"When Propel Accelerator is enabled":
- Accelerate all connections.
- Only accelerate connections without proxy conflicts.
If you choose to accelerate all connections, all connections
(including any with potential conflicts) will be temporarily
reconfigured to be compatible with Propel Accelerator. This
means that the Propel Accelerator proxy settings will be substituted
for whatever settings may exist for that connection. Whenever
you disable or exit Propel Accelerator, the original settings
will be restored.
Accelerating connections that have proxy conflicts may or
may not work. A good approach is to look at the list of incompatible
connections.
- If you are not using any connections identified as having
potential conflicts with Propel Accelerator, choose the
"Only Accelerate Connections Without Proxy Conflicts"
option.
- If you want to try accelerating a connection that has
proxy conflicts with Propel Accelerator, choose the "Accelerate
All Connections" option. If another software program
is using a proxy for acceleration or other such services,
substituting the Propel proxy settings may allow you to
accelerate your Internet experience.
However, if your Internet connection is dependent on another
proxy (such as a firewall), accelerating that particular connection
will most likely not succeed. (You can restore your system
to the previous proxy setting by selecting Stop Propel Accelerator
from the Windows Start menu.)
Programs -> {Propel Accelerator program group} -> Stop
Propel Accelerator
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