Yes, you could set up a web proxy and the Windows machine would be able to surf the Internet without having a direct connection and you would not have to arrange for a router.
But I don't think many people do this for a few reasons. First, the Windows box will have web access (of some quality) but nothing else. I say "of some quality" because I'm sure some websites wouldn't work through this setup. Also, you will not be able to make connections using any other protocol, including say, downloading email, FTP, etc. If, instead, you arranged a router, you will have almost complete access from both computers (a few FTP sites may be unreachable, some exotic protocols cannot be masq'd). Also, I've never run a proxy but I paged through the squid docs before I decided to forget about it... a web proxy probably isn't any easier to set up than a router and perhaps harder to maintain. For example, it's much more resource intensive due to needing to cache documents. An old 486 without a hard drive will due nicely as a router using something like LEAF. -Alan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sat 8/2/2003 6:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Subject: Re: Comcast & Routing [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Second, maybe this is just semantics, but you do not need a proxy server. (did you >mean connection sharing?) A proxy catches web requests and checks to see if it >already has the page in its cache. This will speed up web access in some situations >enormously but I've never thought the it was worthwhile for one or two people. > Maybe I'm delusional, but I thought setting up a proxy server (like squid) and allowing access to my Windoze box would allow me to surf the web from the Windoze box without having to set up IP masquerading. Assuming I have the 2 machines plugged into a hub (I do already have a hub) and the uplink of the hub goes to the cable modem, and the 2 machines are via private IP LAN, I could configure my browser to retrieve web pages from the proxy server (the RH box), which would go out and get the web page off the Internet and send it to the Windoze browser. No? Lee -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
