Thx phillip 4 this setup. Orange access went down around 2pm. I wish I'd seen this earlier. Let me set it up 4 next time anyway.
Francis, www.simusync.com GridWorX Ltd -----Original Message----- From: Phillip Simbwa <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected]: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 20:00:13 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: Uganda Linux User Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [LUG] internet down If your ISP is orange, have privileged access (preferrably root) on a server connected to an ISP offering slow Internet as oppossed to turning off connectivity; then read on. I have an orange modem & i guess orange turned off their DNS servers for the maintenance window <dig led me to that ;-) > So, just wanted to find those ISPs that could atleast offer slow speeds (as per Reiner's post); and yes UTL was up. Lets setup.... 1. Plug in your orange modem & dial to connect. 2. You won't be able to surf because ns0.orange.ug & ns1.orange.ug won't return A records. BUT if you know the public IP of your proxy box (in my case, the UTL box), and can SSH in --- you're set! 3. Establish an SSH tunnel like so: (do that at your CLI terminal) # ssh -CL 8080:localhost:3128 [email protected] -C for compression (for slow connections) -L for local port forward (Yes, I like running as root & its deliberate. You could use a less privilledged a/c) I run transparent squid on port 3128 on the proxy box & am assuming your box does as well. Remember not to close your terminal.. 4. Fire up your preferred browser & change your proxy settings to localhost:8080 & save 5. Browse away.... And a summary of my setup; Orange modem --> [Orange network]-->[proxy box] --> [ UTL] --> Internet Cheers _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way. _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
