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Originally posted by hondaman-iac
i don't know how his is setup, but on mine the router gets an ip from my ISP, then all the computers on the network are getting a different ip from the router (whatever i want them to be). i thionk a proxy will have to be installed on the router rather than on a local machine.
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Not really. Let me try and explain.
you could install a proxy on any of your machines that are behind the router. as long as all machines have the router set as the gateway, and you configure your browser to use the machine on your network for http,https,ftp,gopher etc.
A proxys job is to act as an intermediate between 2 places on a network.
A routers job is to route traffic from one subnet of machines to another network. In most of your cases with DSL/cable modems, the router is routing from your local network at home (may only be 1 machine) onto your ISPs network. You could use NAT instead of a router. NAT as outlined above performs the same task, but instead uses a private IP address range (10.0.0.0-10.255.255.255, 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255, and er theres another one at 192.somthing I think (look it up if interested)).
In a NAT setup, machines in the realworld can not see machines that are being hidden behind a masquerade box directly. With a router, you can see these machines (if you so desired, and had a relaxed firewall).
to give you an idea I have the following setup at home:
http://www.nuclear-dawn.com/img/misc/megan.png
I use layla as my proxy machine. It also does NAT for all the machines in the server room and main caravan. however it can be seen from the outside world as it is routed (across the wireless link).
I don't think a forum is the best place to teach somthing like this. I fully recomend the links I posted on my last post for further reference. HTH