Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 17:19:09 -0400 From: Christopher Weimann <cweimann@k12hq.com> To: Brett Rogers <loki_bsd@cox.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: automatic detection of a proxy server Message-ID: <20020701171909.A26052@mail.k12us.com> In-Reply-To: <200207011327.44525.loki_bsd@cox.net>; from loki_bsd@cox.net on Mon, Jul 01, 2002 at 01:27:44PM -0700 References: <200207011327.44525.loki_bsd@cox.net>
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On Mon, Jul 01, 2002 at 01:27:44PM -0700, Brett Rogers wrote: > > I have set up a FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE box at my school to show my professor > different aspects of FreeBSD. I really wanted to show him the ports > collection since he's used to rpms. My problem is that I cannot get out to > the internet at all. It operates correctly in the internal network (I set up > an FTP server and it works fine as does telnet) I know there is a proxy > server somewhere, but I dont know what the address is or anything else about > it. All the Windows boxes detect it just fine and he's said none of the > linux boxes he's used have had problems. What can I do to make FreeBSD > detect it? I am using DHCP to obtain IP, DNS, etc. Any help would be > greatly appreciated. > This is frequently done via dhcp. Specifically dhcp option code 252 will return a url for the proxy configuration file. This is a javascript program that will return the correct proxy server and port. I have setup dhcpd to provide this to microsoft clients but I don't know how to get FreeBSDs dhclient to request it. I guess you could use tcpdump or ethereal and snoop in on the dhcp packets. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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