UWA Proxy and student quotas.

At the beginning of the year UWA made a centrally funded internet quota available to all students. http://intranet.uwa.edu.au/?f=15043/.

• All students are entitled to 1.6GB of free Internet quota per annum.
• In addition, Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students are entitled to an additional 400MB of free Internet quota per annum.
• Students can purchase additional Internet quota at a cost of $6.60 (GST inclusive) per GB.
• Students can be sponsored by Faculties for additional Internet quota.

To access the UWA proxy you need to enable your "Full service account": http://www.its.uwa.edu.au/student/accounts/fullservicestudaccount

If you need more that the standard quota then your supervisor can sponsor extra: http://www.its.uwa.edu.au/student/accounts/fullservicestudaccount/sponsored

Configuring your browser

Your browser should be configured so that it:

• Uses the proxy host "proxy-login.uwa.edu.au"
  
• Uses port "8888"
• Does not use the proxy for local sites in the "uwa.edu.au" domain

Firefox / Thunderbird

To configure Firefox or Thunderbird select "Options" from the "Tools" menu. In the options window click on "Advanced" select the "Network" tab and then click on the "Settings" button

In the 'Network Settings" window set:

• "Manual configuration" to "on"
  
• "Http Proxy:" to "proxy-login.uwa.edu.au"
• "Port:" to "8888"
• "Use this proxy server for all protocols" to "on"
• "No Proxy for:" to ".uwa.edu.au" if you run services on localhost then use "localhost,127.0.0.1,.uwa.edu.au"

Internet explorer

To configure internet explorer select "Internet Options" from the "Tools" menu. In the "Internet Options" window select the "Connections" tab and click on "Lan Settings".

In the "Lan Settings" window set:

• "Use Proxy server ..." to "On"
• "Address:" to "proxy-login.uwa.edu.au"
• "Port:" to "8888"
• "Bypass proxy server for local addresses" to "On"