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I would like to use selenium at my workplace. I have read about proxies watching this video about gecko driver: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-Jq9GrNVVc I dont want to get in any problem using this. I just want to automate the processes, I have some experience in python and when I tried using selenium impressed me how easy can processess automate.

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  • Is the question whether WebDriver will negatively affect the bandwidth available to other users of your corporate network? (The answer is: it depends on how much you're trying to download using it!) – s3cur3 Nov 21 '18 at 18:03
  • I mean can cause any issue in the network running a webdriver using python selenium –  Nov 21 '18 at 18:11

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Yes, while your Automation Suite is in execution through Selenium the execution process is bound to consume and affect the network and bandwidth.

Selenium being a tool for Web Automation will access Web Pages and interact with the WenElements once the Webpage loads. Incase of unavailability of the required bandwidth you may see HTTPConnectionPool error with a message Max retries exceeded.

Here you can find a detailed discussion on HTTPConnectionPool error

In some cases you may even see the Network Failure error as follows:

org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: Reached error page: about:neterror?e=connectionFailure&u=https%3A//192.168.1.20/network.cgi&c=UTF-8&f=regular&d=Firefox%20%E6%97%A0%E6%B3%95%E5%BB%BA%E7%AB%8B%E5%88%B0%20192.168.1.20%20%E6%9C%8D%E5%8A%A1%E5%99%A8%E7%9A%84%E8%BF%9E%E6%8E%A5%E3%80%82

Here you can find a detailed discussion on Reached error page: about:neterror?e=connectionFailure error

Solution

Ideally, your Test Bed should be:

  • Configured with the required network and bandwidth.
  • Configured with all the required professional server- or networking-related infrastructure administration.
  • Configured with all the required general computing hardware and software.
  • Configured with all the required softwares, libraries and binaries.
  • Test Execution must be performed in a controled environment for optimized performance.
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  • And can it cause issue on the network? for example can cause problem for my co-workers? I am not a programmer, i just want automate some processes in my work, so I dont want to use selenium for testing. Plus information: There is not python installed at my workplace, so I convert python script at home to exe file, and only the exe would run at my workplace. –  Nov 22 '18 at 08:20
  • Selenium web driver consumes the same brandwidth like the normal browsr, or not? I mean my work is often about copy-paste from a website, so if I manually load the website it also consumes bandwidth. So I worry about the network issue. I am not a programmer, so I didnt learnt about networks :/ . –  Nov 22 '18 at 08:25
  • @johndoel Answer for the questions within the first comment: 1. _can it cause issue on the network_ **No** it won't other than consuming bandwidth. 2. _convert python script at home to exe_ is different question altogether and you may like to raise a new question. – undetected Selenium Nov 22 '18 at 09:05
  • @johndoel Answer for the questions within the second comment: _Selenium web driver consumes the same brandwidth like the normal browsr_ is again a different qestion which needs research and you may like to raise a new question. – undetected Selenium Nov 22 '18 at 09:07