Re: Ifup/ifdown
On Sun, 11 Jan 2004, Russell Shaw wrote:
> The problem is that when i put http://127.0.0.1/ or http://192.168.0.1/
> into mozilla, it goes thru the dialup isp instead of going
> direct to my own system.
>
> It seems more like a mozilla problem.
> In mozilla: Edit|Preferences...|Advanced|Proxies, i have:
>
> HTTP Proxy: proxy.iprimus.com.au Port: 8080
You have indeed found your problem. It seems like you don't fully
understand how proxies work. The proxy retrieves web pages on your
behalf. Any page requests will be forwarded to the proxy, which retrieves
the page, and then hands it back to your browser. So even if you put in
http://127.0.0.1/, that request is sent to the proxy which then will then
try to access a page at 127.0.0.1. Well, a properly configured proxy will
ignore non-routable addresses such as that one and return an error.
What you need to do it go to Edit|Preferences...|Advanced|Proxies and in
the field labeled 'No Proxy For' add "localhost, 127.0.0.1" without the
quotes, of course. That way Mozilla will make a direct connection to
those addresses instead of forwarding the request to the proxy.
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Matt Perry | matt at primefactor dot com
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