The proxy's transparent, setting it up is optional. There are many more things that should be checked before taking on the proxy. PPP status, IPCP status, IP address, DNS server, ping, ... Anything on those? Go layer by layer and you might get somewhere. Greetings, Stoma
--- In [email protected], Dirk Tilger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 09:17:39PM -0800, Suresh Edavana wrote: > > Dear Dirk: > > > > Thanks for your response to my earlier question on > > configuring my ISDN Adaptor for Suse. > > I am writing directly to you since > [...] > > Hi Suresh, > > I'm directing your mail back to the LUG list, because I can help you > with the technical details, but I do not have an account with Etisalat > myself and thus I have no glue what the settings are. > > > The hardware has been properly detected by Suse. I > > have an Emirates Internet ISDN connection with a > > Fujitsu Networkd Terminal Box. It has two indicators > > "USYN" and "SSYN". Both should light up if the system > > is working. If "SSYN" is off, the line is dead. > > Earlier, I was not getting the SSYN to activate with > > Suse. I deleted the ISDN Card from the hardware list > > and did a new hardware search. The ISDN Card was > > detected again correctly. This time, the ISDN Terminal > > Adaptor worked and both USYN and SSYN lights came up. > > I used the standard proxy details for emirates.net.ae > > in Network Interface, for the provider, i.e. > > "http://proxy1.emirates.net.ae:8080/"; for http and > > similarly for https, ftp etc. But when I test the > > proxies within network interface panel, the test fails > > with "proxy1.emirates.net.ae:8080/ not found" results. > > Similar settings were done in Firefox also. > > Since "http://proxy1.emirates.net.ae:8080/"; didn't work one could try > just "proxy1.emirates.net.ae:8080" or even just "proxy1.emirates.net.ae" > when the port can be set somewhere else. > > > Yet, when I start Firefox, it says "Your proxy > > configurations are not correct." If I disable proxies, > > then it says that the site I was looking for was not > > found. > > There is a better test. Open a shell, type > `telnet proxy1.emirates.net.ae 8080` and wait for the connection. Then > `GET /` and then hit enter twice. When you get some sort of output, then > it is your browser that needs different settings. Otherwise it is your > ISDN: > > | [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ telnet proxy1.emirates.net.ae 8080 > | Trying [proxy IP]... > | Connected to [proxy IP]. > | Escape character is '^]'. > | GET / > | > | HTTP/1.0 400 Bad Request > | Server: squid/2.5.STABLE9 > | Mime-Version: 1.0 > | Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 06:38:04 GMT > [...] > > BTW: I think the proxy has to be set in Firefox directly. > > Dirk Tilger > Advanced Technologies ME FZ LLC > Tel +971 4 367 1071 > Fax +971 4 367 2529 > Mob +971 50 8809132 > +966 55 1650025 > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/0XFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dubailug/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
