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jaybee

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Registered: 2009-11-13

Posts: 4

[SOLVED] using squid for local cache and configuring firefox

Hi, I have just installed squid following the instructions at http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Squid and can run squidclient to retrieve webpages. The headers include

X-Cache: HIT from localhost.localdomain
X-Cache-Lookup: HIT from localhost.localdomain:3128

which I take to mean the cache is working? Next I want firefox to use the proxy, but changing the settings in Edit/Preferences/Advanced/Network/Settings to localhost or 127.0.0.1 and 3128 doesn't work. Firefox can't see the proxy for some reason. I have set

http_access allow all

in the conf for now. How do I get firefox to use squid?

TIA

Last edited by jaybee (2010-07-09 13:22:52)

jaybee

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Registered: 2009-11-13

Posts: 4

Re: [SOLVED] using squid for local cache and configuring firefox

It seems that entering 'localhost' rather than 'http://localhost' was what I needed.