On Tuesday 02 May 2006 15:43, Chris Robertson wrote: Ok then I am more than confused. When I had windows installed I used a proxy to access the net from my machines on my small network. So in this case what do I need to be able to use the linux machine as a protection and access to the Internet for http but also for smtp and pop3? Thanks yves > yves wrote: > >Hi > >I just have setup a Suse novell v10 on an AMD 64 machine > >I need to have that machine being the routher between my small network of > > 5 windows Win2k machiness and the Internet. > >The Linux machine has two network cards, one is a nic pci connected to the > >internal network the other is a wireless card connecting to the dsl that > > is on an access point linksys. > >I cannot go through in any way.... > >I need help here. > >Thanks > >Yves > >=============================================== > >Here is the browser message I get from the window machine. > > > >ERROR > >The requested URL could not be retrieved > > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >------ > > > >While trying to retrieve the URL: http://www.yahoo.com/ > > > >The following error was encountered: > > > >Access Denied. > >Access control configuration prevents your request from being allowed at > > this time. Please contact your service provider if you feel this is > > incorrect. > > > >Your cache administrator is webmaster. > > > > > > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >------ > > > >Generated Tue, 02 May 2006 15:12:06 GMT by ybdigital.ybdigitals > >(squid/2.5.STABLE10) > > First, be aware that Squid is only going to proxy HTTP traffic, not > route it (nor anything else). Then have a look at the FAQ on ACLs. > http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/FAQ/FAQ-10.html. The section on > debugging might be of the most use. > > Chris -- Welcome to http://www.ybdigitals.com