Configuring Cyclone Client

• Configuring Cyclone Client

  General Options Page

  • Acceleration Mode
  • Start Cyclone When Windows Starts
  • Show File Transfer Status
  • Override Server Mail Forwarding
  • Login Setup

  Filters Page

  Email and Web Options Pages

  • Quality
  • Packaged Images
  • Viewing the Original Image

  
  Support Page

  • Send Problem Report
    

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Configuring Cyclone Client

The Cyclone client must be configured to work correctly with your system. This configuration was performed by the system administrator who installed the client on your computer. You can verify and (when appropriate) change these configuration settings by selecting “Options” from the Cyclone menu.

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General Options Page

Acceleration Mode

This setting determines which applications will receive Cyclones performance optimization. The choices are:

Start Cyclone when Windows Starts

If this option is checked, Cyclone will start up automatically and try to connect when you start Windows. If it is not checked, Cyclone will not start until you select it from the Start/Programs/AcceleNet menu.

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Show File Transfer Status

Checking this option causes a file transfer window to appear during a download. This is useful for verifying that activity is taking place during long downloads. Uncheck this option to prevent the window from appearing.

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Override Server Mail Forwarding

If the Cyclone system administrator has set up a mail-forwarding relay for users’ outbound (SMTP) email, you may check this box to prevent the use of this relay, and directly use your outbound (SMTP) mail server. This may be necessary if your mail server requires authentication. Contact your Cyclone system administrator to find out if this option is applicable to you.

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Login Setup

Here you can change your User Name. Be aware, however, that this setting is used by the Cyclone proxy server to validate your connection status. If the same change has not been made by your system administrator at the proxy server end of the Cyclone link, your client will not be able to connect to it. Do not change this setting without informing your system administrator. Because the User Name is saved, you do not need to enter it each time you start Cyclone.

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Filters Page

Note: There are some instances when the Filters options will not be available. The filters tab will be dim if the ‘Email Only’, or the ‘Disable All Acceleration’ mode is selected in the General page.

Filters are more advanced options that give you the ability to further customize your web acceleration. Turning on filters can help increase your acceleration by blocking the download of certain file types from the web. For example, if you do not wish to view any animated images, select “Animations” in the Filters page. If you want to browse the web in a text only mode, select “Images,” etc. You may select more than one filtering option at the same time.

Each filter prevents the download of particular file types:

Note: The Cyclone filters block many different types of files. The file types listed above are just some examples of the most common file formats that can be blocked with Cyclone client filters.

·        Optimize Internet Explorer Caching
Internet Explorer cache optimization is intended to speed up the loading of recently browsed web pages, by checking less frequently on whether the recently downloaded content has been modified since your last visit. Cyclone decides when to check for modified content based on how long it has been since an image has changed, and how long it has been since you have visited the page. When selected, caching optimization will produce progressively more aggressive results depending on your web image quality selection. A web image quality setting of “Perfect” will utilize minimum caching, while the “Fair” setting will utilize the most aggressive caching. To disable Internet Explorer cache optimization, you should uncheck this checkbox.

Note: This setting applies only to the Internet Explorer browser, and will not affect other web browsers.

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Email and Web Options Pages

Note: There are some instances when web or email options will not be available. If you have selected ‘Web Only’ in the General Options page, the Email page will be inaccessible. If you have selected ‘Email Only’, the web page will be inaccessible. If you have selected ‘Disable All Acceleration’, both Email and Web options will be inaccessible.

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Quality

This setting determines the quality of image files that you send and receive as email attachments, or the quality of images viewed or downloaded from the web. Because there is a trade-off between image quality and acceleration performance, you may wish to use a less-than-perfect image quality setting. As you click on any of the four possible settings—Perfect, Excellent, Good, and Fair—the displayed image changes to indicate the image quality you can expect at that particular setting. The numbers to the left of the image indicate how that quality setting will affect image compression, and thus acceleration performance. The smaller the compressed size, the faster the transmission will be; the larger the compressed size, the slower the transmission. You may select different quality settings for email and web images.

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Packaged Images

If this box is checked, images stored in compressed archives—zip files, for example—and images embedded in documents will be re-compressed to achieve further acceleration. If it is not checked, no further compression will be performed on archived images. This setting is available for both email and web.

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Viewing the Original Image

If you have selected an image quality setting lower than Perfect on your Web Options page, you will be trading lower image quality for greater acceleration. Often the lower image quality is not noticeable. Even when it is noticeable, for most web images this won’t affect your use of the web page. But in cases where an image appears that you would like to see in its original, “perfect”, form, you can obtain that image in either of two ways:

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Support Page

When you select Support, the support page appears. In addition to providing you with the copyright date and build number of the software release you are using, the Support page also provides company name, address, telephone, email and web addresses for you to use when contacting Technical Support.

Send Problem Report

If a problem occurs while you are using Cyclone Client, you may send a problem report directly from the Support page of the Options dialog by clicking the Send Problem Report button. A form will appear on the screen. Type in the relevant information. If the problem involves the transmission of a particular file, you may attach the file to the problem report. When you are finished, click ‘Done’ and the problem report will be sent to Technical Support.

Note: As of August 1, 2004 Cyclone Demo will not work. If you wish to continue using Cyclone after August 1, 2004 contact our office at 910-564-4638 or 800-840-1113