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wsp, Firefox proxy and ports Nevada 08-21-2007
Posted by Michael Zedeler on August 22, 2007, 6:52 pm
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Nevada wrote:
>> Nevada wrote:
>>> Do I need to have some host
>>> address in "HTTP Proxy"?
>> Yes. If you don't then Firefox knows of nothing to connect to, so
doesn't.
>
> Then does this require two machines? I tried to use the wsp machine as
> a proxy for another machine on my lan, but on the other machine
> Firefox complains "The proxy server is refusing connections." So I
> need to know how to open the port on the wsp machine, or better -
>
> Is there a way to specify that the proxy is the localhost so it can
> all be done on one machine? I've tried this several different ways in
> Firefox and have not gotten it to work.

It should make no difference whether the proxy is running on the same
machine a machine on the network. Maybe its time to consider asking in a
more relevant newsgroup.

Regards,

Michael.

Posted by Big and Blue on August 22, 2007, 8:20 pm
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Nevada wrote:

> Then does this require two machines?

No

> I tried to use the wsp machine as
> a proxy for another machine on my lan, but on the other machine
> Firefox complains "The proxy server is refusing connections." So I
> need to know how to open the port on the wsp machine, or better -
>
> Is there a way to specify that the proxy is the localhost so it can
> all be done on one machine? I've tried this several different ways in
> Firefox and have not gotten it to work.

Specify the hostname as localhost. But you've tried that. Mind you,
even when you do use 2 hosts you are told that the proxy server isn't
working, so perhaps that's the big clue. You are setting the proxy port
number as well as the hostname aren't you?

You've previously said that "netstat -anp --tcp" had no reference to
5364, but that you could telnet to port 5364 and get things echoed. This
makes no sense. If you could telnet to port 5364 then netstat would show
the listener, and a Web proxy isn't mean to echo what you send it.

Your story is inconsistent.



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Just because I've written it doesn't mean that
either you or I have to believe it.

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