[PLUG] Messenger throught proxy

[Chetan Kumar]

On 5/12/07, Shodhan Bhave <shodhanbhave at vsnl.net> wrote:
> I have a fedora 6 system connected to tata indicom broadband
> connection.I have another laptop running windows xp which is connected
> through a realtek card to the base system.
> I run squid proxy, and firefox and IE are running fine on the laptop.
> But i could not connect yahoo messnger and msn live through the proxy.I
> have configure the messenger to use the proxy but I could not find any

Looks like you need to allow SOCKS 4 or 5 or HTTP to be allowed for
ymesseger to work correctly. Look at the settings of the router to find out
what is allowed / barred.

> options to use proxy on msn live or mirc as well. Can someone pl guide

On msn live the setting are known by the title "LAN settings". Search there
to fill up the values.

> me?
> Shodhan