Hi:

I am looking for a squid client for Windows. I have many laptop users that use IE and point to the Squid Proxy server. The problem is that when they leave work they must change the proxy settings in IE to gain access to the Internet from home (their own cable / dialup ISP).

MS Proxy Server 2.0 has a client that works with its Proxy Server that knows when you are not on the corp. network and when you are. Other words, there are no setting to change in IE when using IE at home versus at work.

I need the same samething for Squid. Does anyone know of such a client?

Thanks in Advance

Welcome to LQ.

If you set squid up as a transparent proxy on your gateway machine then will not need to change their settings to use your proxy server.

my gateway is a Cisco router, not a server.

You need to redirect the port 80 traffic on the incoming interfaces on your router to the squid port and it will be transparent. Do not redirect the external (Internet) interface


# Squid transparent proxy
$IPTABLES -A PREROUTING -t nat -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 3128
$IPTABLES -A PREROUTING -t nat -i eth2 -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 3128
$IPTABLES -A PREROUTING -t nat -i ppp0 -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 3128