Hi !
I have a connection to the Internet through a LAN.
LAN admin setup an dhcp server, so every body gets an ip as he plugs in the UTP cable.
But I noticed that even I got an ip ( and there is a ping to server ) as every body else in LAN
I have no Internet.
Someone tells me so that I go set up browser so that I connect to Internet through a proxy:
OK.I did it.And I could lunch google
.
But what about other settings in my system ?
What if I want to write aprogram that want to make a TCP connection, how should it know that I use a proxy ?
Here is my questions:
1. How could I "make know" my gentoo system that I use a proxy ( because until know, only the browser knows that ).
2.In gaim I do:
Code:
>Preferences->Network->Proxy Server:
> proxy type :I've tried everything
>host: cache.ase.ro
>port: 8080
>user: left blank
>password: left blank
but logging fails !!! Why ? The Internet through proxy runs!!!
3. Could someone explain in more detail some things about the proxy? What they are useful for ? for filtering packets ? like firewalls ?
Thanks in advance!
