Proxy Setting

[Guest]

[panic]

The connection is fine, what I don't get it after i reboot the firewall loads. When  try to connect out to the internet i get a TIMED OUT message. Maybe i am not suppose to have this firewall.  I wish it would work because  (R).

I guess ill just keep trying it if not ill bin the idea.

If your desktop PC connects directly to the internet and you have set CPF to ALLOW ALL (same as not having it installed in the first place!) and still can't connect, the root cause has to lie elsewhere.

Can you please answer the following;

With everything connected, can your desktop PC "see" the laptop, and vice versa?

Have you installed ANY other software since beginning to install and configure CPF (you have configured CPF haven't you?)?

Is your proxy software installed?

If you connect to the net by modem (ADSL or otherwise) does it attach to the desktop PC by ethernet or USB?

If you connect to the net by ethernet router, is it connected to the switch or directly to the desktop?

If you set CPF to ALLOW ALL, temporarily disable  the proxy software and you revert your hardware setup to EXACTLY the way it was before all this started, does the PC with the connection to the modem (router?) still fail to connect?

We really need this additional info to help you out, as there have been four factors introduced into a working environment that no longer works :

1. CPF
2. Switch
3. Proxy software
4. Well intentioned friends (no disrespect intended)

Ewen :-)

[Silverchip]

With everything connected, can your desktop PC "see" the laptop, and vice versa?

Have you installed ANY other software since beginning to install and configure CPF (you have configured CPF haven't you?) This is was asking about 2 or 3 posts ago  i am not exactly sure on how to configure it that might be the whole problem

Is your proxy software installed? Yes its CCPoxy i use the free version

If you connect to the net by modem (ADSL or otherwise) does it attach to the desktop PC by ethernet or USB? Ethernet I also could set it up by USB  my cable place gave my a cord for it but  its still in its wrapper.

If you connect to the net by ethernet router, is it connected to the switch or directly to the desktop? I dont have a router

If you set CPF to ALLOW ALL, temporarily disable  the proxy software and you revert your hardware setup to EXACTLY the way it was before all this started, does the PC with the connection to the modem (router?) still fail to connect? That is where i get that no connectivity message after about 2 minutes of trying to get an IP .

[m0ng0d]

Go to the PC with the ethernet connection to the internet.

• Open Control Panel
• Open Network Connections
• Right-click Local Area Connection
• Choose Properties
• Select/highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
• Click the Properties button
• what do you see for IP & DNS address config?

then...

• Click Start
• Click Run
• Type cmd
• Press Enter
• In the command window, type ipconfig
• Press Enter

Post the details back.

Go to the PC that is sharing the connection to the internet.

• Open Control Panel
• Open Network Connections
• Right-click Local Area Connection
• Choose Properties
• Select/highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
• Click the Properties button
• what do you see for IP & DNS address config?

then...

• Click Start
• Click Run
• Type cmd
• Press Enter
• In the command window, type ipconfig
• Press Enter

Post the details back.

[panic]

Thanks for following this up Dan. I'm absolutely snowed under at the moment - much appreciate you picking up this ball and running with it. Apologies to sliverchip.

ewen :-)

[Silverchip]

what do you see for IP & DNS address config?


then...

    * Click Start
    * Click Run
    * Type cmd
    * Press Enter
    * In the command window, type ipconfig
    * Press Enter

Post the details back.
BEFORE CPF IS INSTALLED

AFTER CPF IS INSTALLED


                  LAPTOP
what do you see for IP & DNS address config?


then...

    * Click Start
    * Click Run
    * Type cmd
    * Press Enter
    * In the command window, type ipconfig
    * Press Enter

Post the details back.


For the laptop it really doesn't change anything with or without CPF installed  i also thought pictures would be alot better then words

[m0ng0d]

Ok, I am also assuming you would have a second TCP/IP property page for the internet PC that would have the 192.168.0.1 address set (DHCP disabled) for the LAN Nic.

Based on what you are showing me, proxy aside, once CPF is loaded you must not have been able to  browse the internet with your internet PC, correct?  Pretty hard to browse the web with an IP of 169.254.25.19.

Just curious, does your ISP assign you a Static or Dynamic IP, i.e. does it ever change or always remain the same?  IF it remains the same, it is Static, and you should be able to safely turn DHCP off for the internet Nic and configure it to use the details posted in your images.

You sure you want to use a software proxy and Switch instead of a router?

[Silverchip]

I just order

Linksys EtherFast Cable/DSL Router with 8-Port Switch BEFSR

off the radio shack website before coming here now if i can only get it to work on desktop i should be able to configure it on laptop as well.

My IP only changes if the modem is left unplugged for a long time

[panic]

Based on what you are showing me, proxy aside, once CPF is loaded you must not have been able to  browse the internet with your internet PC, correct?  Pretty hard to browse the web with an IP of 169.254.25.19.

Hey Dan/silverchip,

That 169.254.X.X address looks horribly familiar. I'm pretty certain that that 169.254 addresses are used when Windows ICS is setup, and I think I've seen it used for several other proxies as well.

Is is possible that silverchip has set up the proxy for the wrong interface?

Silverchip, since your desktop PC has two interface cards, I would assume that your proxy software would have detected both. At some point during the proxy installation, it should have asked which interface card was connected to the internet and which interface card was connected to your LAN. The proxy software should only be assigned to the interface card that is connected to the LAN.

If the proxy was assigned to the internet connected interface card, we'd end up with pretty much what we've got.

Please bear in mind that I dont have a proxy to play with and test here, I'm just working from memory, but the 169.254 address rang a few bells.

Hope the router works out. Once they're set up, they're pretty much set-and-forget.

Ewen :-)

[m0ng0d]

169.254.*.* is the IP you get when "nobody is home"... usually the systray icon for "limited or no connectivity" accompanies such an address.

[Tazar]

Hi,

Silverchip's problem is essentially my problem also i.e. the internet connection icon shows the 'limited or no connectivity' message and cannot connect to the internet, turn off CPF or restart computer and I can connect to internet - however in my case I am using a Tor server + Privoxy.

Tor uses 127.0.0.1:8118 (default proxy settings) or localhost.

The problem appears intermitently and there are no obvious messages in the log (unless I have missed them) so I am unable to reproduce the error.

My internet computer (the OS is XP Home) is connected via a modem which is recognised by the CPF, also the computer is connected to a LAN controlled by a Windows 2000 server and I have no problems connecting to that network.


Any suggestions?

TIA

Andy

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