Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Squid proxying when off line
Another question...... I know squid is running....it's the only route that the win98 machine have and it seems to be proxying when connected because of the speed but when
On Wed, 09 May, =?iso-8859-1?Q?James_&_Cyb=E8le?= wrote: the
ISDN line isn't on it doesn;t send anything to the browser..
Ideas?
Check the nameservers. Usually your system would point to the local proxy machine as nameserver. If you have it set up with an external machine as primary nameserver, (which is normal for an ordinary dial-up non-proxied connection) then nobody on your network can find a web page (even in the local cache) without a connection to the www! ?? Gary -- G M Locock, Network Manager Bablake Junior School, Coundon Road, Coventry, UK, CV1 4AU Tel: (+44) 24 7663 4052; Fax: (+44) 24 7663 3290 Web: http://www.bablakejs.co.uk Email: gml@bablakejs.co.uk
Check the nameservers. Usually your system would point to the local proxy machine as nameserver. If you have it set up with an external machine as primary nameserver, (which is normal for an ordinary dial-up non-proxied connection) then nobody on your network can find a web page (even in the local cache) without a connection to the www!
Thanks for the advice. I thought, though, that pointing at my machine as name server would give me all sorts of other things to set up which I usually leasve to my ISP to work out? James
Setting up a linux box as a caching-only nameserver is very easy, under most distros I have tried it is almost ready out of the box and just needs starting ____________________________________ Giles Nunn - Network Manager Carms Schools ICT Development Centre Tel: +44 01239 710662 Fax: 710985 ____________________________________ On Thu, 10 May 2001, [iso-8859-1] James & Cyb�le wrote:
Check the nameservers. Usually your system would point to the local proxy machine as nameserver. If you have it set up with an external machine as primary nameserver, (which is normal for an ordinary dial-up non-proxied connection) then nobody on your network can find a web page (even in the local cache) without a connection to the www!
Thanks for the advice. I thought, though, that pointing at my machine as name server would give me all sorts of other things to set up which I usually leasve to my ISP to work out?
James
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