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RE: [LUG] Linux consoles and proxies
> I want to set http, ping, telnet and ftp to use the proxy
> from the console window. (http = lynx).
To set lynx to use a http proxy you need to set the $http_proxy shell
variable to the address of your http proxy
eg:
export http_proxy="http://some.server.dom:port/";
similarly you can set ftp_proxy and gopher_proxy, also fo use by lynx.
What it sounds like is happening is that your windows box is purely being a
http and dns proxy, and is not allowing any direct ip throughput. Your
netproxy software would seem to be forwarding the dns requests to the local
ISP nameserver, and acting as a sort of resolver/name server 1/2 way house
(</guess>).
In order to get direct connections through (telnet, ping etc), you'll have
to configure your gateway to allow this. not having used netproxy I can't
suggest how you might do this.
However, I would really recommend approaching the connection sharing thing
from the opposite angle and having the linux box as the gateway. IP
Masquerade really is easy to set up, the IP-Masquerade-HOWTO is very good.
Alex.
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