PortFW is not needed when you using bridge network. first Ping and verify the connectivity b/w your squid VM and users. and if it works then change the proxy setting in browser and check if your squid is responding because , squid explicitly denies everything so if your squid is working then it would show you the message whether your request has been denied or not. if you see the error msg from squid change the squid.conf settings just allow your subnet by this /etc/squid/squid.conf acl your_network src 192.168.2.0/24 #rule section http_access allow your_network if you want to limit or deny users via IP or MAC just create a new rule in rule section to make restrictions. or other wil be allowed explicitly. i am using KVM virtualization with no error for about a year so it must not me the issue of VMware rather your settings and configuration. and many people using VMs instead of physical machines. Thanks, On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 11:16 PM, Farkas H <farkas.dus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Amos, > > Thanks for your response. > Unfortunately, the problem persists. I could forward the problem to a > VMware forum. > > Cheers, > Farkas > > > On 24 August 2012 09:46, Amos Jeffries <squid3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 22/08/2012 11:21 p.m., Farkas H wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I have installed a Squid proxy (2.7 windows) in a VMware (8.0.4) with >>> NAT networking [1]. >>> The proxy is working inside VMware correct but cannot be accessed from >>> the host network. >>> I think I've to use port forwarding in VMware and tried these settings, >>> - port forwarding in VMware [2], >>> - host-browser [3], >>> - squid.conf [4]. >>> >>> I hope someone can help me and I appreciate any advice. >> >> >> Port forwarding NAT is only required when the networks have overlapping IP >> ranges and require NAT to fix that problem. Regular routing should work >> fine. >> >> >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Farkas >>> >>> [1] >>> network: vmnet8 >>> subnet: 192.168.88.0 >>> mask: 255.255.255.0 >>> gateway: 192.168.88.2 >>> ip: 192.168.88.128 >>> >>> [2] >>> Port forwarding in VMware (version 8.0.4): >>> -- >>> host port: 3128 >>> type: tcp >>> vm: 192.168.88.128:3128 >>> allow active FTP >>> allow any org. unique identifier >>> config port 0 (?) >>> >>> [3] >>> Host-Browser settings: >>> -- >>> http-proxy: localhost >>> port: 3128 >> >> >> Browser is connecting to localhost (127.0.0.1 or ::1) not one of the 192.* >> ranges. This might be the probem. It should be pointing at an IP:port of the >> proxy. >> >> >>> [4] >>> squid.conf (version 2.7) >>> -- >>> acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0 >>> acl manager proto cache_object >>> acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32 >>> >>> # host >>> acl MyNetwork src 192.168.2.120-192.168.2.199/255.255.255.255 >>> # vm >>> acl MyNetwork src 192.168.88.128-192.168.88.254/255.255.255.255 >> >> >> You don't need the 255.255.255.255 bits here. >> >> >>> >>> http_access allow MyNetwork >>> http_access allow localhost >>> http_access deny all >>> >>> icp_access deny all >>> ... >> >>
