Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1998 13:01:53 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Stevenson Ang <aptirp@webquest.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: connecting a FreeBSD client to the internet using win NT proxy server Message-ID: <199809071201.NAA03673@woof.lan.awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 07 Sep 1998 13:39:37 %2B0800." <35F37199.9C0A62E9@webquest.com>
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> Hello there,
>
> I am trying to connect my FreeBSD machine to the internet but I don't
> know how. All the documentation that I have read so far deals with
> connecting your machine to the internet using a dial-in PPP connection.
> But our LAN is connected to the internet using a Win NT proxy server
> (Winproxy ver. 2.0 specifically). Does anybody have any suggestions or
> recommended readings on how I can solve this problem?
AFAIK, the best you can do is to set HTTP_PROXY in your environment.
This will give you access via ftp & fetch. You can also fill in the
proxy page in netscape if you're using that.
I doubt if anything else is proxied by the NT box.
> Thank you in advance.
> Stevenson Ang (FreeBSD newbie)
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