Re: HTTP Proxy
On Wed 27 Apr 2022 at 14:24:51 (-0400), gene heskett wrote:
> On Wednesday, 27 April 2022 14:04:43 EDT Larry Martin wrote:
> > >> Thank you for the prompt reply. I am still having problems. I
> > >> enter my IP address as 192.168.1.45 and all appears to go ok. When
> > >> it gets to the point of connecting to a mirror site it fails. I
> > >> have left the proxy blank. Any suggestions?>
>
> That address will not go thru a router, it is an assigned private block
> (192.168.xx.zz) that you can set up for your home networks, so you will
> need to setup a NAT scheme in the router and let it handle the details. I
> do that here for 6 machines full time, and they all have free run of the
> net. And with the router running dd-wrt or one of its ilk, it stands
> guard, allowing nothing coming in that wasn't asked for. And its been
> standng guard here for 20 years now with no penetrators.
>From the OP's original post, I see no evidence that they have
configured an internet connection.
Is the router connected to their computer by ethernet, or wired?
What does ip a print? After all, everything up to the proxy
can be installed off the DVD; IIRC the next step is scanning the
Debian mirror, the first involving outside communication.
Notice that I wrote DVD. Question zero might be: CD, or DVD?
Disclaimer: If it's a DVD, then honestly, I'm not familiar with
/exactly/ when you configure the network.
Cheers,
David.
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