Proxy Server

[rootfixxxer]

Hello

I just installed the moServices and looks great.
To be perfect just need a Proxy Server, it's possible to install one? And what are the options for proxy servers?

Thanks

[FarVoice]

What exactly the proxy you want? And why?

[rootfixxxer]

Sorry...

I have a computer here at home that acts as Web Proxy, right now i'm using Squid in a Fedora Core distro.
So i was thinking to put a Web Proxy in my O!Play, and leave the computer alone

Thanks

[FarVoice]

poor little creature ... that only he is not stuffed ... Now here is a proxy
buy a normal router for $ 30 (for example, DLINK DIR-100 or DIR-300) with NAT and forget about the http proxy

[rootfixxxer]

In my case that kind of proxy doesn't work
I really need a web proxy to access some websites that are blocked by my school network.

[rootfixxxer]

Nothing

[FarVoice]

yep. nothing.
may be install optware - it contains squid_2.6.23-1_mipsel.ipk

[evoisard]

rootfixxxer, you can't ask Farvoice to waste his time making our media player a proxy server, or something else that has nothing to do with playing media.

You are better off shelling out $80 for a slightly more than basic router, such as the nice Asus RT-N16 (yep, Asus!), and install opensouce DD-WRT in place of Asus' firmware. With DD-WRT, this router is a beast!

As DD-WRT provides optware, you could then install squid on the router, but given your... requirements, that is, bypassing the school's proxy/firewall, I'd advise to simply activate the ssh server on DD-WRTand make an ssh tunnel that passes through the school's proxy/firewall, rather than setting up a full web proxy.

Offer yourself a router that supports DD-WRT, install DD-WRT, and you'll get an embedded Linux platform that can do a lot of things (well, it cannot play movies ...

http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Tu ... _and_Putty
http://www.geek-pages.com/articles/late ... on_10.html

Eric