Type the Station Name or Address

Sometimes polling for machines in the network with PROXY Pro Host is not ideal (such as a network with a large number of machines distributed across multiple domains). In these situations, polling by the Master may be slow and bandwidth-intensive. Instead, if you know the IP address of the Host computer, you can initiate a connection by typing its address in the Station field of the Peer-to-Peer Hosts tab. To manually specify a Host connection directly from the Peer-to-Peer Hosts tab, follow these steps:

1 Choose UDP/IP, or TCP/IP from the Protocol list to specify the required Host computer connection protocol.

2 If you do not choose the (default) standard PROXY Pro port, type the port number next to Port to specify a port number.

NOTE: PROXY Pro Host listens for incoming connections on port 1505 by default.

3 Type the network address or station name (e.g. “Basel”) of the remote Host computer in the Station field. You can also select recently typed stations or addresses from the drop-down list.

4 To establish a connection to the specified Host computer, use one of the following methods:

u Click the Connect! button.

u Select Connect from the Connection menu.

u Select Connect Special from the Connection menu if you want to connect for a particular service, such as file transfer, or as another user.

When a connection is established to the Host computer, the PROXY Pro Master Connection Window appears. For more information, see PROXY Pro Host Guide.