Cannot run Proxy sessions???
I need help in determining why I am unable to run proxy sessions from my work IP when I am able to run proxy sessions with no problems from my home IP.
Here are some details:
-I am using Firefox 3
-I am changing the proxy server settings on the browser according to my computer's IP (work and home)
-It works fine from my home IP
-My work place does not use a proxy of their own
-When I try to run a proxy session from work, web pages do not load and there are no transactions recorded in the Proxy session's Progress tab.
I would really appreciate any feedback/troubleshooting tips you could provide as it's just not practical for me to have to run all of my proxy sessions from home. Thanks in advance.
Proxy troubles
Justmarc,
Am I correct in assuming you are using a laptop and taking it between home and work? Obviously you will have a new local and external IP address when you go between these locations, but this should not affect the ports screen scarper uses for proxy listening.
In your screen scraper properties file located in resource/conf/ you should find a line which states which port your proxy server is listing on. As long as that port matches the rest of your settings screen scraper should be listening. Next let's look at your browser.
A co-worker of mine told me today that if you are using firefox you can't use the word "localhost" in your settings. You will need to use 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost. If you are using one of the firefox add-ons you can use localhost just fine.
For a list of those add-ons please visit the following page. Honestly, these add-ons save me a TON of time everyday.
community.screen-scraper.com/tools
Hope that helps