[GTALUG] Using (Tomato) Linux (Router) as Web Proxy Server.

[Giles Orr]

On 20 September 2015 at 15:21, Peter Renzland <renzland at gmail.com> wrote:
> Request for help:
> Using (Tomato) Linux (Router) as Web Proxy Server.
>
> I remotely manage several Tomato networks.
>
> I would like to connect to the ISP's Usage Data web page, from the remote network, to check the remote network's data usage.
>
> I'd also like to run the ISP-specific (web browser) speed test from the remote network, to check the remote network's data rates.
>
> These seem like very ordinary, simple things to want to do.
> I'd like to find someone who has actually done these things, and who can help me do them.
> (I have found dozens of "how-to" web pages that don't work for me. But I have not found anyone who has said
>
> "I do this all the time, and here is how I do it". Instead, I have found many people who have said "I have never done this, and I won't try to do it myself it, but you should try this ....")
>
> Being able to do a web search on "my IP" and get the remote (proxy) host's IP address is really all need.
>
> So, if there is someone who actually has done this, please help!
> Thank you very much.
>
> [Mac OS X, Google-Chrome, Tomato Shibby 131 AIO]

Many years ago (so this almost falls into the category of "I haven't
done this but you should try it" - sorry ... but it did work then) I
had a pretty good system for finding my home IP.  I did it from the
home computer, not the router: you should have router access, which
should make it easier.  My home computer would check the IP address
assigned to the router every five minutes on a cron job, and if it
found the IP was different from last time, it would update the IP on a
web page and post it to my public web server.  That section of the
website was password-protected (although not encrypted, something I
would definitely do now).

I hope this is useful, sorry it's so vague.

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Giles
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