On 04/03/11 18:31, squid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hi,
I am using squid2.7STABLE8 on Windows 7 Ultimate OS.
Presently, i am using the internet connection sharing (ICS) in windows to
share my internet link among the windows 7 pro workstations BUT i want all
the internet traffic from clients to go through squid, probably with ICS
infrastructure. Is it possible and how?
Even though i have full or little control on clients in my network but
visitors who come with laptops obtain ip automatically and i find it
difficult to route their internet traffic through squid on the server.
So, Is possible to integrate squid with ICS so that traffic going through
ICS will pass through squid to the internet?
Regards,
Yomi.
Yomi,
As long as you have a host on your network with the hostname "wpad", you
can do proxy autoconfig (ie set in IE/firefox to automatically configure
network connection).
On that server, you need a webserver to serve a file called wpad.dat,
which is a Javascript file which defines the rules for how to connect to
http hosts.
Google for "proxy PAC", "squid PAC", "squid proxy autoconfiguration" and
you will find a lot on how to do it.
Java has to be set up separately, at least in firefox, as "use browser
settings" for the plugin does not seem to work - you have to point Java
explicitly to the URL of the wpad.dat file.
Cheers
Alex
