Still cant get squid working

Mussels

I've had an issue where i cant get aquid working in PFsense for a long time now, i thought i'd have a shot with the updates recently but no luck.

Setup: Router doing DHCP -> PF sense machine -> rest of network

I just need to get the squid package working with the proxy cache, but for the life of me i cant figure it out. I've found various guides, but the useless things say to do things without saying HOW to do them. I require the router to do DHCP and not the PFsense box, this may be where my problem stems from.

Squid 'works' partially - if a page is already open, such as google - i can use other websites on that domain, but links to sites from google searches time out
Squid3, everything passes through as though the proxy wasnt there.

test machine is setup with firefox, and "automatically detect proxy" is enabled in its options.
Do i need to use a particular port? none of these things are explained anywhere.

zabidin2

Do you set squid as transparent?

Mussels

yes, it was set as transparent in all cases.

trinli

okay, what happens if you set up squid as non-transparent and set proxy settings in the browsers to point at it? Does everything work correctly? I'm just wondering about a configuration error in squid itself so that it doesn't work, or if the problem is in the redirect of the traffic.

And, just for curiosity, is the PF box set up as a bridge or something? What is the gateway for the individual computers in the network?

Mussels

@trinli:

okay, what happens if you set up squid as non-transparent and set proxy settings in the browsers to point at it? Does everything work correctly? I'm just wondering about a configuration error in squid itself so that it doesn't work, or if the problem is in the redirect of the traffic.

And, just for curiosity, is the PF box set up as a bridge or something? What is the gateway for the individual computers in the network?

as in the first post

Setup: Router doing DHCP -> PF sense machine -> rest of network
so the PFsense box is doing bridging, and not much else. since IP's are assigned via the router, i assume it will be the default gateway as well.

To be honest i dont even know what settings i'd need to use to set it up as a non transparent proxy, that was the appeal of setting it up transparently.