On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 02:57:44PM +0200, Andras Simon wrote: > On 4/24/08, Chris G <cl@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Are there any text mode browsers with javascript support in the Fedora > > repositories? > > I don't know of any such thing. > > > It would be really useful to have such a beast for configuring my > > router via an ssh login to my home system. It would save opening up > > the router's web interface to the outside world. > > You don't need to. If you can ssh into your box, you can probably also > do ssh -ND 3333 me@xxxxxxxxxxx > > and then > > Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Network -> (Connection) Settings -> > Manual proxy configuration > HTTP Proxy: localhost > Port: 3333 > > in Firefox. (There's nothing special about port no. 3333.) > That's another way to the same place that using an ssh tunnel gets you too. On balance I think the ssh tunnel is easier/cleaner but I'll keep the proxy idea up my sleeve as well. > After this, all FF requests will (seem to) originate from your home > box. > > Of course, if you're sitting at a machine with X on it, you can also > just use the FF on your home box. > Yes, I know, but it's horrendously slow if you do this. > Something else you can perhaps do: I don't know about your router, but > mine (Linksys WRT54GL) also can't be accessed without a JavaScript > enabled browser. But, on closer inspection, it turned out that the JS > is only there to scare you; by looking at what it did, it was easy to > write a script that can be used to control the router from the > commandline. > My router has command line configuration anyway but it's not as user friendly as the web interface. -- Chris Green -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
