Closed Bug 100523 Opened 23 years ago Closed 21 years ago

Proxy: config switching for mobile/roaming users

Categories

(Core :: Networking, enhancement)

Product:
Core
Component:
Networking
Type:
enhancement
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 43429
Milestone:
Future

People

(Reporter: darin.hawley, Unassigned)

References

Details

I am a mobile power-user who's been able to automate most of the hassle of
moving from one network to another. The only problem that remains is having to
drill down into the browser preferences every time I need to change proxy
settings (either a different proxy or no proxy). What would be very useful is an
advanced feature that would allow one to pick proxy profiles from a drop down
via the toolbar. Even better, have the browser automagically select one based on
some network settings (e.g. partial IP address).
Marking NEW.
Assignee: mpt → sgehani
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Component: User Interface Design → Preferences
Ever confirmed: true
Keywords: helpwanted, ui
OS: Windows 2000 → All
QA Contact: zach → sairuh
Hardware: PC → All
Summary: Need quick proxy switching for mobile users. → [RFE] quick proxy switching for mobile/roaming users
You could write a proxy auto config script. We cache your current IP address though.

tingley - myIPAddress isn't updated when you go offline/online, is it? Is there
a bug on that?
Yeah, I think that's right.

The root of that problem, i think, is bug 64857 -- dhcp changes aren't picked up
automatically.  I also have some memory that a perf bug was "fixed" a while back
by not doing a DNS lookup every time on the local hostname and caching the
result instead.  This will probably need to be reversed.

I had thought at one point about making a tracking bug for "Network issues for
mobile users", but I'm not sure how many bugs it would actually tracking -- it
seems like there's just one or two big problems.
unsure if this would be a networking or prefs rfe --punt as needed!
Assignee: sgehani → neeti
Component: Preferences → Networking
QA Contact: sairuh → benc
You want bug 88217, bug 88218, and bug 43429.

Bug 43429 is the closest to general problem, so I'm proposing that be the dupe.

Tingley: changes in DNS (including default domain)not being picked up are being
fixed already in other bugs (there were a lot of dependencies)...
Target Milestone: --- → Future
I'd love to have a "Proxy/No Proxy" button in the navigation toolbar.

And I'd like an addition of the proxy setting: Not only "no proxy for ...", also
the reverse: generally proxy off, and set "proxy for ...[urls]".

This really is the job of the operating system, not of the browser. In general,
you shouldn't have to set up proxy settings multiple times for each Internet app
you use, and this is especially the case when you often need to switch between
two or more sets of settings. Mac OS has had a Location Manager for years, and
Ximian has one for GNOME too. Mozilla probably doesn't support either of these
(I haven't checked), but it should.
Supporting operating system level features like this is a good idea, but I think
that we will inevitably want to make this work more robustly than the OS vendors do.

For example, as a part of network profiling, I think we would want to possibly
include PAC or a customized view of mail servers.

*** Bug 138339 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 135094 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 144443 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 138339 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
moving neeti's futured bugs for triaging.
Assignee: neeti → new-network-bugs
*** Bug 172367 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Summary: [RFE] quick proxy switching for mobile/roaming users → quick proxy switching for mobile/roaming users
It's been quite some time since I originally submitted this bug, and based on
the subsequent comments I feel that it may have been misinterpreted. Allow me to
recast my original post as an objective comparison of behavior between Mozilla
and Internet Explorer.

I use my laptop both at work and at home. Internet access at work requires
authentication through a proxy server. I have direct access at home. Internet
Explorer doesn't require any configuration changes as I move between network
scenarios, it apparently falls back to direct access if the proxy server isn't
there. Mozilla requires that I "Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Proxies >
(select appropriate setting) > Ok".

I would even settle for a Preferences hot key and default the dialog to what I
last edited. That would eliminate all the clicks (and mis-clicks) required with
the mouse.

Thanks for an otherwise excellent browser. I hope that one of these days I'll
have the time/skills to contribute more directly.

I'd like to echo the request in Comment #6.  I use a combo of ssh tunnels and
proxies to access data at work, so "proxy only for ..." would be invaluable.


I filed one of the bugs closed as a duplicate of this one.
It would be nice to have a small icon on the bottom bar,
but a hot key combination would be great.   It is really
a hassle to have to do all the deep navigation with the mouse
just for that one feature, especially when I have to do it
multiple times a day.
Summary: quick proxy switching for mobile/roaming users → Proxy: config switching for mobile/roaming users
*** Bug 204759 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 230544 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
RESOLVED/dupe:

Paul and Darin: bug 223908 probably gives you some improved UI, but it only
works w/ the existing mode selections (direct, manual, auto).




*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 43429 ***
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 21 years ago
Keywords: helpwanted
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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