The most basic method for accelerating content delivery to browsers is to set up the appliance as an HTTP forward proxy server.
After this has been done, users who want to get accelerated content can configure their browsers to use the appliance's forward proxy IP address and port number as their forward proxy server.
Configuration steps are different for each browser. For example, in Internet Explorer 5 you can access the Proxy Settings dialog box by clicking Tools > Internet Options > Connections > LAN Settings > Advanced.
You can also set the appliance as a streaming media forward proxy server. Users can then configure their streaming media players to point to the appliance IP address and port configured for the streaming media forward proxy service you have created.
Figure 4 illustrates how forward proxy services work.
Figure 4
For more information about forward proxy services, see Accelerating Individual Browsers, and Accelerating Streaming Media to Individual Media Players.