RE: Unblock Firefox access to Internet

After searching all over the place I discovered that the firewall client must
be installed on client computers of the ISA server as you recommended.
Firefox is able to access the internet now but I noticed another problem with
the installation. The firewall/proxy client does not always show the little
green arrow pointing upwards even though the proxy says it is connected to
the ISA server and enabled. The red arrow pointing downwards (disabled) is
not displayed either. In other words, the arrow turns on and off even
though the client is enabled. I have tested that the ISA server can be
reached irrespective of the arrow's status. Why does this happen and what
does it mean? I noticed that my Live Meeting connections to Microsoft web
casts only work when the green arrow is displayed.

I noticed that my Live Meeting connections do not



"Gavin - MCSE2K" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Two things.
>
> 1. You *do* have the ISA proxy client installed on the machine that you are
> using?
>
> 2. Is Firefox configured correctly to use the proxy to access the web?
>
> If your not showing port 80 requests through the proxy while using FF then I
> woudl guess that either or both are not set up correctly.
>
> Gavin.
>
> "Jevonite" wrote:
>
> > When I do a page refresh in IE, I see activity on ports 80, 8080, and 137.
> > However, when I do a page refresh on Firefox, I only see activity on port
> > 137. The activity on port 137 seems to happen irrespective of whether I use
> > either of the browers so I do not think it is related to the browsers.
> >
> > The error displayed in Firefox browser window is pasted here.
> >
> > Server not found
> >
> > Firefox can't find the server at www.google.com.
> >
> > * Check the address for typing errors such as
> > ww.example.com instead of
> > www.example.com
> >
> > * If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network
> > connection.
> >
> > * If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy,
> > make sure
> > that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.
> >
> > Please help.
> >
> >
> > "Gavin - MCSE2K" wrote:
> >
> > > What does the logging show you when the Firefox client attempts the connection?
> > >
> > > Gavin.
> > >
> > > "Jevonite" wrote:
> > >
> > > > How do I enable Firefox running on a client computer to access the Internet
> > > > through a server computer running ISA? All the information I have seen
> > > > about this topic discusses creating protocol-based access rules. However my
> > > > problem is not a protocol issue because I can access the Internet by using
> > > > IE. Firefox is unable to access any of the sites that IE can access. I
> > > > have defined the proxy settings in Firefox exactly as shown in the Internet
> > > > Options of IE. I have defined an application exception in the Windows
> > > > Firewall for the firefox executable. Please help. I am using ISA 2004,
> > > > Firefox 1.5, IE 6, Windows 2003, and XP.
.

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