Written by AmanicA the 11 Oct 11 at 15:25.

I use a local (on my laptop) proxy (squid) to be able to easily switch the effective proxy settings for all my applications. I use some programs that are not automatically updated by the standard Proxy settings tools, so I configure everything to my local proxy. Then I have to small bash scripts to switch between my two squid configs and restart squid - this can be made into launcher icons.
I have been thinking to somehow set up a script that gets called when a network comes up that will detect which proxy settings must be used and automatically switch to it. It can possibly ping some addresses and maybe even check mac addresses to detect where you are. In theory all this can be wrapped in a nice configurable application...

I use a local (on my laptop) proxy (squid) to be able to easily switch the effective proxy settings for all my applications. I use some programs that are not automatically updated by the standard Proxy settings tools, so I configure everything to my local proxy. Then I have to small bash scripts to switch between my two squid configs and restart squid - this can be made into launcher icons. I have been thinking to somehow set up a script that gets called when a network comes up that will detect which proxy settings must be used and automatically switch to it. It can possibly ping some addresses and maybe even check mac addresses to detect where you are. In theory all this can be wrapped in a nice configurable application...