GPRS / Wifi

Mike Baroukh mike at baroukh.com
Mon Aug 11 14:22:27 CEST 2008


>
> for the proxy: as someone mentioned before -- there is a global variable  
> defining the proxy .

Does this mean that I have to re-start my applications when I connect ?
Not optimal ...

Anyway do you know who put this variable ?
And where to configure it's value ?


Mike


arne anka a écrit :
>> If I take a concrete example : my ~/.wgetrc.
>> i wan't to connect to internet
>> - from home, with wifi, I have direct access to internet.
>> - from work, with wifi, I must use a proxy.
>> - from outside, I must use GPRS with another proxy.
>>
>> It's easy to make a script that will update .wgetrc.
>>     
>
>
> why would you do that?
> every attempt to connect to the net is directed to the currently defined  
> gateway -- no matter if there's wifi or gprs in use. all programs  
> connecting to the net should be absolutely agnostic to the kind of  
> connection you use.
> for the proxy: as someone mentioned before -- there is a global variable  
> defining the proxy and this variable is checked for automatically.
>
> in your up-/down-scripts you simply can set/unset the proxy variablke  
> depending of the interface used.
>
> none of your apps, be it wget or a browser, should care for that kind of  
> information.
>
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