> > So if squid is running on a server which is connected to the internet and > all the computers connect to squid proxy on (for example)port 8000, is squid > sharing the internet connection or not? >
Lets assume for the moment, that you have an office with a 12 port router which is in turn connected to a modem. The router has 6 PCs and 1 server patched into it. Internet ---> Modem ---> Router ---> 6x PCs 1x Server In this case it's the router that's doing the internet connection sharing. If we disable the proxy settings on a PC, it should still be able to get to the Internet because the router is doing the connection sharing. You could have a setup like this instead. Internet ---> Modem ---> Server ---> Router ---> 6x PCs In this case the server has 2 network interface cards (NIC). One card connects exclusively to the Ethernet (out) port on your modem device, and one connects to the router. In this case you need a script which sets up some iptables rules to divert all of the traffic coming in on the network facing NIC and divert all traffic *other than port 80* to the Internet facing NIC. The script sends all port 80 traffic to port 3128 (or whatever) on the squid server (which does what it has to do with the traffic then returns cached data or sends the request on it's merry way to the Net). All you now have to do is set the ip address of your server as the gateway address for your PCs. You now have a transparent proxy server. You don't have to set proxy settings in your PC anymore as all traffic goes through the server. In a way, I guess you could say that your PC is now 'sharing your internet connection'. If you want to implement a transparent proxy server, luckily enough I documented what I did the last time I needed to do it. It's here: http://justuber.com/linux:ubuntu_and_debian:ubuntu_transparent_proxy Does that clear things up any for you? Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
