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Identifying Client/Server Pairs

Setting the Recording Method

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Creating a Proxy Computer

You create a proxy computer by mapping the proxy computer's address to the
address of one or more servers.

Before you create a proxy computer, be sure that:

The server's network name (or IP address) and port number are defined. If they
are not defined, click

Manage Computers

to display the Manage Computers

dialog box. For information about how to define the server's network name and
port number in this dialog box, see Defining a Client or Server Computer on page
6-40.

Proxy service is running. For more information, see Starting and Stopping Proxy
Service on page 6-45.

To create a proxy computer:
1. Click

Tools

Tools >

Session Record Options

2. Click the

Method

tab and make sure that

Proxy recorder

is selected.

3. Click the

Method:Proxy

tab.

4. Click

Proxy Admin

5. In the

Proxy:Port

list, specify the proxy computer's port number. Note that

Robot has already detected and specified the proxy computer's name.

You can specify any available port number. Avoid the "well-known" ports (those
below 1024). If you specify a port number that is unavailable, Robot prompts
you for a new port number.

6. In the

Server:Port

list, select a server involved in the test.

7. Click

Create Proxy

The proxy computer is added to the

Existing Proxies

list.

Identifying Client/Server Pairs

Clients and servers communicate through the proxy. A client and server that
communicates through a proxy is called a

client/server pair

Before you identify a client/server pair, be sure that the network names or IP
addresses of all the clients and servers in your test appear in the

Method:Proxy

tab. If

none are listed, click

Manage Computers

to define them. For information about how

to define a client or server computer, see Defining a Client or Server Computer on page
6-40.