Using a Parent Proxy Server

Parent Proxy Server

In some cases, you will need the WinRoute Proxy Server to connect to an "upper-layer" proxy server, the so-called parent proxy. Go to the menu Settings / Proxy Server, choose the Advanced tab and enter the parent proxy server IP address and port here.

Using a Parent Proxy Server

Parent proxy user name and password

The parent proxy server might require user to authenticate in order to access certain (or all) web sites, in the similar way as WinRoute does (see the chapter Proxy Access Control for details). WinRoute Pro 4.1 includes such authentication since build 22.

To set up authentication:

After this procedure WinRoute's proxy server will authenticate itself at the parent proxy server.

Using a Parent Proxy Server