[sclug] IPCop as a proxy server

[Neil Haughton]

Can anyone help me with a problem getting IPCop to serve as a proxy 
server? V1.3.0 is what I am using. The IPCop documentation is pretty 
straight forward and I have done exactly what it says.

I have it running as a firewall (DHCP on the Internet side, 10.10.10.1 
on the LAN side) and it does fine with the proxy server option disabled, 
but if I enable the proxy server bit and point my browser to the proxy 
IP address (10.10.10.1) and port 800 (as per instructions), my browser 
cannot connect. IPCop also shows the proxy web server as not running, 
even though it also shows it as enabled. If I turn on the transparent 
proxy option and point my browser direct to the internet, I still cannot 
connect.

The problem is probably that the proxy server part isn't running, but 
why not, and what do I do to start it?

I'm a Unix novice, so be gentle with me. ;-)

Neil Haughton