> So, Squid is installed on an Ubuntu VM, which runs on your laptop?
Correct
> So, the phone is either - direct connection via mobile Internet access, or via Squid and your home Internet connection - no way for the phone to use the Internet connection without going via Squid?
Yeah - however I use bitdefender on top of squid. Once the phone detects and connects to my laptop it then uses the proxy server
> Configured it in Squid, so users have to authenticate there to get access?
Yeah - I have an ACL running in Squid
> So, where do any other devices (phone, TV, the three VMs) get their IP addresses from? They must have them, otherwise they couldn't communicate with Squid... What do these devices have as a gateway address?
I use dhcp allocated from ubuntu, the gateway address that’s broadcast is my Ubuntu address.
I'm writing this and thinking I've gone a bit Orwellian. Still I think I've covered the bases. I was toying with the idea of running Asterix off my laptop too, but I figured I'd start with this project.
-----Original Message-----
From: squid-users <squid-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Antony Stone
Sent: 19 December 2018 16:17
To: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Advice - Squid Proxy
On Wednesday 19 December 2018 at 16:04:36, Squid users wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Re network diagram - Mish Mash / blended / spaghetti I think :p
>
> Squid is installed on the Ubuntu virtual machine. Sorry forgot to draw
> that on.
So, Squid is installed on an Ubuntu VM, which runs on your laptop?
> The phone connects to mobile internet when out of the house, then
> reverts back to going via squid proxy when my laptop wifi is turned
> on. The phone detects my laptop and connects accordingly. The phone
> reconfigures to go via proxy when it connects to my laptop.
So, the phone is either - direct connection via mobile Internet access, or via Squid and your home Internet connection - no way for the phone to use the Internet connection without going via Squid?
> As for the TV - yeah my laptop needs to be in the house for that to work.
Okay.
> Internet Use - I'm happy to record websites called by 'user' so for
> example: Tv=user1
> Phone=user2
> Laptop user=user3
> Then each family member with their own user id /password.
> I've configured this bit already
Configured it in Squid, so users have to authenticate there to get access?
> I have set my home internet router to only allocate my laptop mac a
> DHCP address....
So, where do any other devices (phone, TV, the three VMs) get their IP addresses from? They must have them, otherwise they couldn't communicate with Squid... What do these devices have as a gateway address?
> I'll draw a better diagram later today.
Okay.
> I may have gone a bit overboard with the control and monitoring :s
Yes, maybe :)
Antony.
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