Proxy Server

In the Proxy Server pane, you can configure a number of proxy server-related settings.

To edit these settings:

1. Open the File menu and click Preferences .
2. In the Preferences dialog, select Proxy Server in the sidebar.

If you don't want Parallels Workstation to use a proxy server for network connections, select Do not use proxy server .

If you want to use a proxy server, you can choose one of the following:

• You can choose the Specify a proxy server option and provide the proxy server settings manually.

  Specify the address and port of the proxy server. If it requires authentication, select Proxy server requires authentication and type the corresponding credentials in the User Name and Password fields.

  If you want to use a SSL proxy server for your secure connections, choose Use a different proxy server for SSL connections . Click SSL Proxy and provide the SSL proxy server address and port in the SSL Proxy window. In this window, you can also provide the credentials for accessing this server if needed. If you clear Use a different proxy server for SSL connections , the first proxy server specified in this pane will be used for all connections.

• In Parallels Workstation for Windows, you can choose the Use Internet Explorer proxy settings option to import the proxy sever setting from the connections settings of Internet Explorer.
• In Parallels Workstation for Windows, you can also choose Use automatic configuration script and provide the path to this script in the Address field to automatically configure the proxy server settings.

Restoring Default Settings

The Restore Defaults button allows you to restore the default settings for all options available in this pane.