How to setup proxy

[Jose Luis Martín Ávila]

Good Morning

I bought a Multitech Conduit AEP gateway a year ago. In my house it works perfectly but in the office we have a FORTINET proxy.

I do not know how to make the gateway connect to the internet. x, y, z and t are values for a local IP. I have tried with:

ifconfig eth0 x.y.z.t netmask 255.255.255.0
route add default gw x.y.z.1

export http_proxy=http://user:pass@x.y.102.1:1000
export https_proxy=https://user:pass@x.y.102.1:1000

ping www.google.com

But it doesnt work. What can i do? The firmware version is 1.7.3

Thanks!

[Jeff Hatch]

Hello Jose,

To set the eth0 IP and netmask on AEP you should use the Web UI and configure the interface in Setup->Network Interfaces. You should also configure eth0 as a WAN, static IP, and configure the default route and DNS.

Jeff

[Jose Luis Martín Ávila]

Hi Jeff Hatch, thanks for the response.

The problem is not in assigning the IP, that’s easy with the web interface.

What I need is to configure a connection to a proxy, with username and password. In the office we have one and I can not connect the gateway to the internet without first setting up the device.

[Jeff Hatch]

Jose,

First, looking at your example, ping uses icmp and not HTTP. Is the proxy set up to pass ICMP traffic? Does the ping command even accept a URL? “http://www.google.com is not a valid hostname.

Are you using curl or wget? As long as the firewall rules permit outbound traffic on HTTP or HTTPS on the Ethernet interface you should be able to use curl in the same manner as this example:

https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix-curl-command-with-proxy-username-password-http-options/

If you are trying to pass non-HTTP(S) traffic, is the proxy also configured as a router? The default gateway implies that is the router. Is it the same device as your proxy?

Jeff

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