I think the definition is a little incomplete that you have. I am no expert, but your computer may be a router rather than a proxy server. You may also set it up as a firewall so it could be a firewall/router. Usually a proxy server requires all the computers connecting to the internet through it to use a port address to pass through the server. In a broad sense, you may have a proxy server, but technically, you may just have a router. Someone will correct me or better explain, no doubt. Good luck Buck -----Original Message----- From: psyche-list-admin@redhat.com [mailto:psyche-list-admin@redhat.com] On Behalf Of John Nall Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 11:41 AM To: psyche-list@redhat.com Subject: Do I have a proxy??? Looking up the definition of a "proxy" it seems to be a machine that sits between my terminal and the Internet. Very well. My terminal runs RH8.0, and I have an XP machine which is on the same LAN. The XP machine dials the ISP to access the Internet, and once it has a connection then I can also access it from the Linux machine. It would seem, then, that by definition the XP machine is a proxy. But Mozilla edit-->preferences-->advanced-->proxies does not show anything that indicates that. It seems to indicate that the Linux machine has a direct connection to the internet. So do I have a proxy?? If so, how do I find out what the "port" for it is? Thanks, John -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
