Thanks, yes it must allow port 80, and I tried the global variable setting, but unfortunately with no joy. The proxy still knows to refuse connections from MT4 in the first instance with a 503, whereas it allows browsers etc through just fine. Oh ...

MT4 navigational tips and techniques

Haha I exited this pair when it hooked... Wait why am I laughing?

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Hi - thanks. I will try a USB dongle to see if that works, but the way the access connections are controlled on this PC makes me think that even if I do get the dongle to work, it will disable the network card as it has a hive mind controlling ...

MT4 navigational tips and techniques

To clarify- I have an HTTP proxy at work that always throws a "503 Service Unavailable" error in Metatrader 4. I have changed the port to 80 on the global variables but ultimately I have no joy regardless of what I do, most likely for the reasons ...

MT4 navigational tips and techniques