Preferences/Options > Advanced > Network > Connection Settings > check "Auto-detect proxy settings for this network"
how obvious! :) scott On 9 Nov 2006, at 12:24 AM, Robert Citek wrote: > Hello all, > > Is there a way to autoconfigure Firefox to use an http-proxy? > > At ByteWorks, all the browsers are configured for direct access to the > web. This unfortunately means that when we instruct students to > visit a > website, they all hit the same website and download the same data > at the > same time, which slows everyone down. So, we recently set up squid to > proxy http requests. Is there an easy way to tell all the browsers to > now use the proxy server (e.g. via DHCP or DNS), or do we have to > configure Firefox manually? A google search finds mostly pages > explaining how to manually configure browsers to use a proxy, so I > guessing it's a manual process. > > Regards, > - Robert > > > _______________________________________________ > CWE-LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.cwelug.org/ > http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ > http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/ R. Scott Granneman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ www.granneman.com Full list of publications @ http://www.granneman.com/publications My new book: Linux Phrasebook @ http://www.granneman.com/books Read the Download Squad Blog @ http://www.downloadsquad.com "This is Preservation Month. I appreciate preservation. It's what you do when you run for president. You gotta preserve." ---George W. Bush speaking during "Perseverance Month" at Fairgrounds Elementary School in Nashua, N.H (Los Angeles Times, Jan. 28, 2000) _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.cwelug.org/ http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/
