Proxy Server

[Dark Knight]

I have a home network of five desktops, two laptops and an old proliant server. I have a router, switch and WAP. The laptops connect through the WAP and most of the Desktops and the Server through the switch.
I want the server to be set up as a proxy server. Some people have told me, I can do it and others have told me I can't. I know in theory what a proxy is, but am sure if I can set this up at home. I have a cable connection and got stuck at setting static ip's for my desktops while setting this up, since my ISP server is on DHCP. Every time I give a desktop a static IP it can't access the net.

 

[office politics]

theproblems with your desktops and static ips is prolly that they dont have dns addresses which are usually set by dhcp.

you can setup the proxy no problem....*crosses fingers* lol. just setup the cable connection on a machine, install a proxy software, and setup your clients to connect to that machine for the proxy.