Thanks, I'm just using a 56k dial up connection workstation , the loopback interface was down, just needed to restart network service to get mozilla + squid work On Saturday 25 January 2003 11:10 pm, Martin Stricker wrote: > hicham linux wrote: > > Hello everybody, > > > > I recently learned that squid can speed up web client > > browsing, > > I am trying to use squid as cache and proxy server, > > I've looked at the doc how to make squid communicate > > with mozilla, in the Options menu : Manual Proxy > > Configuration: > > it says to put the Squid server's hostname or IP > > address and put the HTTP port number for the Squid > > server (by default, 3128) in the Port column. > > but no connection at all thru squid > > is the Squid server's hostname means the machine's > > hostname ? > > Yes, it means the hostname of the computer where squid runs on. To > further speed up things, you should use the IP address instead of the > hostname, because the hostname needs to be resolved through DNS into the > IP address. > > Do you have a DNS server running and properly configured? > > What happens if you type these commands at a command prompt of the > computer you want to use Mozilla on? > whois <hostname of squid computer> > telnet <hostname of squid computer> > telnet <squid-portnumber> <hostname of squid computer> > telnet <hostname of squid computer> <IP address of squid computer> > > Best regards, > Martin Stricker ___________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? -- Une adresse @yahoo.fr gratuite et en français ! Yahoo! Mail : http://fr.mail.yahoo.com -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
