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Old 07-23-2006, 04:48 PM   #1
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configure web browser to use certain ip


hello. i have maybe an unusual problem?! i take internet from a person who has a small network in the hood i'm living. he in his turn takes internet from 2 other big providers (in my case RomTelecom - on ADSL and Astral - optic fiber). in my network settings i put the ip from Astral and every service i'm using uses Astral's internet which is perfect, 99.9% uptime i may say, but when browsing sites it uses the RomTelecom ip which has very less uptime. is there a way i can make/set my browser or what should i set in the first place, to use Astral on port 80 and any other ports used for sites ? for example in gaim too, if i let Autodetect IP address checked it detects RomTelecoms IP and use it but if i enter my Astral IP it works too, even when RomTelecom is down. Any ideeas, suggestions ? Please! Thanks alot.
 
Old 07-23-2006, 08:55 PM   #2
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Do you have 2 network interfaces?
 
Old 07-23-2006, 09:12 PM   #3
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no, i have only 1 interface. i connect to the server (gateway) of the person who owns this little network.
 
Old 07-23-2006, 10:47 PM   #4
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ARe you using dhcp to get your IP address?

You can simply run "netconfig"(or whatever it's called) and type in your information manually to override dhcp, and then you can set the default GAteway to whichever you want.
 
Old 07-24-2006, 03:53 AM   #5
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he said he's using static ip
 
Old 07-24-2006, 04:12 AM   #6
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Static IPs for the Internet connections or the LAN?

Also, if you only have one NIC, I think it'd be the job of the gateway/router to determine which ISP to route you over, and if so, I don't think you'd have any control over changing it. I may be wrong though.
 
Old 07-24-2006, 04:33 AM   #7
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i have static ip for internet connection, here's my info
IP address: 89.136.239.15x
Netmask: 255.255.255.128
Gateway: 89.136.239.25y
Nameserver: 89.136.239.25y (same as gateway)

The IP address is Astral's IP and is used for everything as i said, for example if i start ssh daemon, webserver, ftp server, everything who want to connect uses that ip, but when i open a webpage it uses an IP address of Romtelecom, i've checked it on checkmyip.com and few other similar sites. i tought about this can only be made from the main gateway, but i also tought there might be a way to do this locally, cause they don't want to change anything in their server. i got this ideea when i seen that it worked with Gaim. if i connected to gaim i had Romtelecom ip address, but if i go to Settings - Network - uncheck Autodetect IP adress and enter my Astral IP address i also could connect even if Romtelecom was down, so looks like it can be overwritten somehow but i just dont know how to do it for web browsing. i tought about making a proxy server here on my PC using the Astral IP and pointing all my webbrowsers to use this proxy but i'm not sure if it will work. could someone guide me on how to make a proxy server, what software i need and to use, stuff like that. thanks again.
 
Old 07-24-2006, 04:37 AM   #8
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u want to configure a web browser... say ur ip is 89.136.239.15x.
Then open /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf. In that look for ServerName line. replace whatever with ur IP.then restart httpd server
Thats it.u webserver is ready
 
Old 07-24-2006, 04:49 AM   #9
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i am not trying to change the ip address of my webserver. i'm trying to change the ip address my browser uses when i surf websites. but thanks anyway for your interest.
 
Old 07-24-2006, 04:51 AM   #10
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sl4ckw4re
i am not trying to change the ip address of my webserver. i'm trying to change the ip address my browser uses when i surf websites. but thanks anyway for your interest.
did not get what u mean.
do u need to change the proxy address? firefox ? iE?
 
Old 07-24-2006, 10:29 PM   #11
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if i connected to gaim i had Romtelecom ip address, but if i go to Settings - Network - uncheck Autodetect IP adress and enter my Astral IP address i also could connect even if Romtelecom was down, so looks like it can be overwritten somehow but i just dont know how to do it for web browsing.
It sounds like you want to point a web browser at a different (not the default) target.

I'm guess that config Firefox for a manual proxy *might* work in Firefox browser

Firefox menu: edit > preferences > general

click on button entitled "connection settings"

help at that point brings:

Manual proxy configuration


Choose this if you don't have a proxy location (URL). Ask your
system administrator for the names and port numbers of the servers
running proxy software for each network service and enter the
information in the appropriate fields.
---------------------------------------------------------------

except that I'm guess your server may/may_not be running proxy software.

I'm not absolutely certain, but I think it doesn't matter (yes/no the proxty software on server)

I think what matters is that if Firefox finds an http (www) supplier/server at where you pointed Firefox to.

--
Alan.
 
  


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