Re: linux - newbie questions

[Bruce Smith <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > I just installed mandrake 6.5 on my system at work and am having

I can't find any mention of a version 6.5 on Mandrake's home page.
What distribution/version are you really running?

> > 2nd.    I am not even sure where to start to get proxy working.  I
> > have the ppp connection working but cannot seem to figure out
> > proxy.
> >
> 
> I hope this helps or at least gets someone else to tell me of a cleaner
> method.
> 
> If you want to use a caching proxy server, use squid.  Thier web site
> is www.squid.nlar.net, you will probably be required to compile it.

Squid comes standard on Redhat (and probably Mandrake), just install 
the RPM, tweak the config file "/etc/squid/squid.conf", and you're
up and running.

> If you just want to allow multiple hosts on a lan use a single
> connetction to the internet use IPMasquerade. 

You can run BOTH Squid and IP-Masq.  I strongly recommend running 
squid because it greatly increases your internet response time.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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