is there any need to use NAT. you could simply forward all data to the
squid by setting it's IP address as the DMZ server in the WAN setup
page. which would send all incomming DSL data to the IP address.
if it's a tight network your after you should think about have the squid
dual homed, one connecting to the router/firewall and the other to your
network, thus forcing all data to pass through the proxy. also the proxy
may be proxying data on more ports than 80 such as https on port 4** ect.
i have a GD834g too but havent tried the above as i use NAT and not a
proxy at home.
matt.
Richard Chapman wrote:
I have squid operating well on a small NAT network. Currently - all
clients select "automatic proxy detection" and that is all working
correctly with proxy.pac script on the http server.
I wanted to ensure that the proxy is handling ALL http traffic ALL of
the time - so I can be confident of the statistics generated by sarg
(squid analysis and report generator).
I thought this should e easy. I have a netgear DG834G router acting as
the internet DSL connection. I added 2 outgoing firewall rules in the
Dg834G:
1) allow all going traffic from the squid servers local IP.
2) Block port 80 traffic from all (other) local ip addresses.
When I apply these 2 rules - the network experiences erratic internet
access. Some sites work some of the time - but not everything works
correctly. I have tried disabling the above rules - then enabling just
rule 1 - and even then the network behaves erratically. Note that rule
1 is an "allow" rule. But as soon as I disable both rules - everything
returns to normal.
This seems very weird to me. Can anyone suggest some subtlety I am
overlooking?
I have checked the netgear knowledge base and there are no glaring
bugs reported related to this behaviour. I have updated to the latest
netgear firmware. I can only assume the DG834 is not behaving as
expected. Can anyone se another explanation?
In case it is relevant - the linux box is performing squid, dns, dhcp,
http and lots of other stuff but the dg834 is performing NAT (and only
NAT).
Thanks
Richard.
