Re: HTTP Proxy

From	David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: HTTP Proxy
Date	2022-04-27 22:20 +0200
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On Wed 27 Apr 2022 at 14:24:51 (-0400), gene heskett wrote:
> On Wednesday, 27 April 2022 14:04:43 EDT Larry Martin wrote:

> > >> Thank you for the prompt reply.  I am still having problems.  I
> > >> enter my IP address as 192.168.1.45 and all appears to go ok. When
> > >> it gets to the point of connecting to a mirror site it fails.  I
> > >> have left the proxy blank.  Any suggestions?> 
> 
> That address will not go thru a router, it is an assigned private block 
> (192.168.xx.zz) that you can set up for your home networks, so you will 
> need to setup a NAT scheme in the router and let it handle the details. I 
> do that here for 6 machines full time, and they all have free run of the 
> net. And with the router running dd-wrt or one of its ilk, it stands 
> guard, allowing nothing coming in that wasn't asked for. And its been 
> standng guard here for 20 years now with no penetrators.

>From the OP's original post, I see no evidence that they have
configured an internet connection.

Is the router connected to their computer by ethernet, or wired?
What does   ip a   print? After all, everything up to the proxy
can be installed off the DVD; IIRC the next step is scanning the
Debian mirror, the first involving outside communication.

Notice that I wrote DVD. Question zero might be: CD, or DVD?

Disclaimer: If it's a DVD, then honestly, I'm not familiar with
/exactly/ when you configure the network.

Cheers,
David.

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HTTP Proxy Larry Martin <ldmkolxm@gmail.com> - 2022-04-27 18:30 +0200
  Re: HTTP Proxy Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-04-27 18:40 +0200
  Re: HTTP Proxy Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2022-04-27 18:40 +0200
  Re: HTTP Proxy Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2022-04-27 18:50 +0200
    Re: HTTP Proxy Larry Martin <ldmkolxm@gmail.com> - 2022-04-27 20:10 +0200
      Re: HTTP Proxy gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2022-04-27 20:30 +0200
        Re: HTTP Proxy David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-04-27 22:20 +0200
  Re: HTTP Proxy Tim Woodall <debianuser@woodall.me.uk> - 2022-04-28 06:40 +0200
    Re: HTTP Proxy Larry Martin <ldmkolxm@gmail.com> - 2022-04-28 12:50 +0200
      Re: HTTP Proxy Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-04-28 13:00 +0200

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