Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 12:57, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> > > It would be really "cool"(tm) if I didn't have to reconfigure every
> > > program on my laptop to use a different proxy server every time I plug
> > > it into a different network.
> >
> > Run a local proxy that forwards connections to the (external) proxy of
> > your choice, and point all applications at it?
>
> Then of course there's the issue of how to configure the local proxy.
>
> For the local proxy on my laptop I use m4 to change it's configuration from a
> script which knows about the networks I regularly connect to.
>
> The ideal solution however would be an addition to the DHCP standard for a
> field to specify this information. My solution only works AFTER I have
> figured out the correct data for each network by some other means and
> customised my script.
Many browsers allow the proxy to be autoconfigured from some info
file. You can easily generate that file depending on your network
setup. google around a bit for the file format.
MfG
Goswin
