If you intend to use myTrack from your place of business there is a good chance that your company has an internal firewall. A firewall acts as a filter to limit access into and out of the company's network. It is a piece of software which acts like a gateway in a company to allow or deny access to their computers. If you are using myTrack from your place of business there is a good chance that your company has an internal firewall. However, if you are paying around $20 or less per month for Internet service and/or use a modem to connect, chances are you are Not behind a firewall. Most people are not.
MyTrack will allow you to access your quotes without having your Lan administrator open a pinhole to mytrack.tdc.com in TCP/IP protocol on port 9983.
1- In order for myTrack to function through a proxy server you must enter the IP address of you proxy server and the port on which it uses (usually port number 80).
If you are using either a Netscape or Microsoft browser you can find the IP address and port number as follows:
Netscape (4.0 or later):
- Select Edit then Preferences from the menu bar.
- In the "category" box of the Preferences window select Advanced then Proxies.
- Click the "View" button next to the words "manual proxy configuration.
- A chart will appear. Next to "HTTP:" you will see the address of the proxy to use and the port number.
Internet Explorer:
- Select View then Internet Options from the menu bar.
- Click on the Connection tab of the Internet Options window.
- In the Proxy Server box click on the Advanced button.
- A chart will appear. Next to "HTTP:" you will see the address of the proxy to use and the port number.
2. When you have determined these values, enter the host as a string in the myTrack host name, and the port number as a number. You will be prompted for these two values.
