How to use CCproxy

Installation.

Normally, the clients and server are connected with A Hub, Wireless Hub, Switch or
Router. The network protocol between the server and clients is TCP/IP. Therefore both the
server and the clients have an IP address. The server IP address is static and fixed. The
clients IP address can be fixed or dynamic which is obtained through DHCP. CCProxy
only requires that the clients can ping through the server IP address. We know that the
server may have multiple IP addresses, but must have one that is used to connect with
other LAN clients. The IP address that is used to connect with the other LAN client is
called the proxy server address. We generally assumed this to be 192.168.0.1.
If the clients and server have not yet been setup to have a connection, we recommend
allocate IP addresses like this at below:

 

  IP ADDRESS               MASK         GATEWAY DNS
Server 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0 empty empty
Client1 192.168.0.2 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.1
Client2 192.168.0.3 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.1
... ... ... ... ...
Client99 192.168.0.100 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.1
How to detect whether ping requests are transferring through between the clients and
server? At the client, in the "start" menu -> "run" -> "cmd", assuming that the server IP is
192.168.0.1, in the command line, to type "ping 192.168.0.1" then press return. If the
result is similar to that at below, it means the client is connected to the server successfully.
PINGING 192.168.0.1 WITH 32 BYTES OF DATA:
REPLY FROM 192.168.0.1: BYTES=32 TIME=2MS TTL=150
REPLY FROM 192.168.0.1: BYTES=32 TIME=2MS TTL=150
REPLY FROM 192.168.0.1: BYTES=32 TIME=7MS TTL=150
REPLY FROM 192.168.0.1: BYTES=32 TIME=7MS TTL=150
PING STATISTICS FOR 192.168.0.1:
PACKETS: SENT = 4, RECEIVED = 4, LOST = 0 (0% LOSS),
APPROXIMATE ROUND TRIP TIMES IN MILLI-SECONDS:
MINIMUM = 2MS, MAXIMUM = 7MS, AVERAGE = 4MS

 

If the result is like that at below, it means the client cannot connect to the server.
PINGING 192.168.0.1 WITH 32 BYTES OF DATA:
REQUEST TIMED OUT.
REQUEST TIMED OUT.
REQUEST TIMED OUT.
REQUEST TIMED OUT.
PING STATISTICS FOR 192.168.0.1:
PACKETS: SENT = 4, RECEIVED = 0, LOST = 4 (100% LOSS),
If the client cannot connect to the server, you need to check the IP address settings and
the connections to the Hub, Switch or Router on the clients and server.

 

4.2 Step 2 - Internet connection
We know that there are many ways of connecting to the Internet, which are for example,
ADSL, optical fiber, satellite, broadband etc. CCProxy is not concerned about the manner
in which the Internet connection is established, as long as the server is successful
connected to the Internet.
The simplest way to check the server can access the Internet is to input a web site
address into the browser and see if the machine is able to access the web pages.
Users frequently mentioned single and dual NIC. In fact, the CCProxy is not concerned
with hardware equipment. Both single and multi-NIC cards are supported and there are no
special settings.
Special mention is that if the clients have been able to share the Internet, such as through
the router, and hope to use the CCProxy to manage and control the clients' Internet
access. You might need to do some changes on your hardware.
For example:
CLIENTS --- ROUTER --- SERVER
|
Internet
or
CLIENTS --- HUB (SWITCH) --- SERVER
|
Router --- Internet
In this case, the clients can access the Internet directly with the Routers bypass proxy
server. That's to say, CCProxy cannot control the clients. We need to isolate the client
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from Internet and force clients to access the Internet via the proxy server.
We have two methods to realize this.
Method 1:
Add one NIC card on the server and change the LAN networks as:
CLIENTS --- ROUTER --- SERVER --- INTERNET
Or
CLIENTS --- HUB (Switch) --- SERVER --- ROUTER --- INTERNET
Method 2:
Configure the NAT in the router and block all LAN IP address accessing NAT except the
server IP address. Only some advanced routers have this function. Please do this with the
router's administrator.
4.3 Step 3 - Install CCProxy software at server
Please download the latest version of CCProxy installation package from our site first.
Running the installation package at server will install CCProxy to C:\CCProxy by default.
Launch CCProxy and open the "options", the proxy server address is displayed in the
"Local LAN IP address". Please check whether it's the proxy server address or not. If not,
please uncheck "Auto Detect". Select the correct proxy server IP address from the
drop-down list and check the checkbox on the right side.
Now, CCProxy has been installed on the server with default settings, CCProxy will permit
all clients access Internet. If you want to manage the clients, please read "Account
Management".
If you get problem in launch CCProxy, please refer to "FAQs".
4.4 Step 4 - Configure IE browser proxy settings at
clients
At the clients machine, please open IE menu "Tools", go to "Internet Options" ->
"Connections" -> "LAN settings", select "proxy server", input the proxy server IP address
in the "Address", 808 in the "Port". Select "local address bypass proxy". IE proxy setup is
finished and we can access websites via the proxy now.
For other network applications' proxy settings, please refer to "Client Proxy configuration".
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5 Client Proxy Configuration
In this section, we will talk about the proxy settings of client software. CCProxy is proxy
server software. If the client wants to access the Internet via CCProxy, some proxy
settings need to be set up in the client software. Below we provide guides for proxy
settings for popular client software. Each guide is based on the assumption that the proxy
address is 192.168.0.1. If you know other client software's proxy settings, please email us.
We will publish them on our site for the benefit of other users.
5.1 IE (Internet Explorer)
Launch IE -> menu "Tools" -> "Internet Options" -> "Connections" -> "LAN settings" ->
choose "use a proxy server" -> "advanced" -> "servers" -> add" server address" to "HTTP",
"Secure", "FTP", "Gopher", Port is 808; add "server address" to "Socks", Port is 1080.
Figure 5-1-1
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5.2 Firefox
Click the menu "Tools" -> "Options", click the button “Advanced” and select the tab
“Network”.
Figure 5-2-1
Click the button “Settings”, and fill the settings as below.
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Figure 5-2-2