Re: [squid-users] Transparent proxy and ppp

From: Amos Jeffries <squid3_at_treenet.co.nz>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:53:57 +1300

On 20.03.2012 15:30, zozo zozo wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I've setup squid and it works if I forward network from eth0 to wlan0
> (ap mode)
> But if instead of ethernet I try to use ppp0 packets, squid doesn't
> forward stuff, and in access log entries were something like
> 0_ABORTED
> (don't have those logs at hand, will provide more info tomorrow)
> Ports that are not sent to squid work fine, ICMP and HTTPS are
> forwarded correctly.
>
> ppp0 is interface created by wvdial (I share 3G modem internet)
> syslog doesn't show anything interesting
>
> Is there anything special to know about ppp and squid?

Just that squid does not interact with NIC directly.
Squid sends packets with a source IP address (set by either
tcp_outgoing_address or system-selected default IP). What happens to
those packets is up to the OS routing.

Amos
Received on Tue Mar 20 2012 - 02:54:00 MDT

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