I have properly connected to OTENET but I cannot browse (with Internet Explorer or Netscape) at all.

There is a great delay when "downloading" web pages.

What is the purpose of OTENET proxy server ?

I have connected to OTENET properly but I cannot browse (with Internet Explorer or Netscape) at all.
If you have Windows 95/98 go to Start-Programs-MS-DOS Prompt, type: ping 195.170.0.2 and press Enter. If you see a different message from the one below: Reply from 195.170.0.2 bytes=32 time<10 ms TTL=255, call our NEXT 2U (Customer Care). 

There is a great delay when downloading web pages.

  1. Open Internet Explorer.
      Select View-Internet Options-General and Delete Files in the field Temporary Internet files.

      If you use Netscape Communicator, select Edit-Preferences-Advanced-Cache and
      Clear Memory Cache.

 2.  Also activate the Proxy server

What is the purpose of OTENET proxy server?
Our proxy server is "proxy.OTENET.gr with Port:8080". Proxy is a server that keeps track of all the sites visited from you or another user. If you use it, you will make your browsing faster.
In order to activate the proxy server:
Internet Explorer v.5.0 (Tools/Internet Options/Connections/Settings)
Internet Explorer v.4.01 (View/Internet Options/Connection)
Internet Explorer v.3.0.1 (View/Options/Connection)
Communicator 4 (Edit/Preferences/Advanced)
Navigator 3 (Options/Network Preferences)