[ale] Linux as a router

[jknapka at charter.net (Joe Knapka)]

Michael Hirsch wrote:
> 
> Joe Knapka <jknapka at charter.net> writes:
> 
> > With IP masq, you don't need a proxy. Just tell the browser
> > you've got a direct Internet connection. As long as the gateway/
> > default route is set up properly, everything will work.
> 
> Good point.  But we were also talking about using a squid cache, or
> some other web proxy.  That would still imply the need for telling the
> clients about the proxy.

Ahh, true. So Squid for WWW cache, and IPmasq for everything else.

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