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On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 18:26 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: > > The problem is, Firefox doesn't appear to work when using the mobile > broadband connection if I set the proxy to point to squid. It's as if > Squid is trying to look at eth0 for it's default route rather than ppp0. > > I just wondered if there is a way of forcing Squid to pick up the > internet through ppp0? > As far as I am aware squid has no specific interface settings. It will use whatever your routing table provides in order to reach a given IP address. > Actually thinking about it, I presume it's a case of changing the > default route, or could squid need restarting after the PPP connection > is established? > Squid should cope (i.e. not require restarting) if the network connection is dropped. It will simply not be able to get/cache anything, and, of course, your users won't see the Internet :-) If changing the default route makes it work (provides a route to the Internet) then go for it. John. -- --------------------------------------------------------------- John Horne, University of Plymouth, UK Tel: +44 (0)1752 587287 E-mail: John.Horne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fax: +44 (0)1752 587001 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html