GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 616617
Unclear description of the configuration of ignored hosts of proxy preferences
Last modified: 2014-12-10 05:09:06 UTC
It is really unclear that what kind of setting is allowed for ignored host list in Network Proxy Preferences. Open "Network Proxy Preferences" and select Ignored Hosts tab. You can see a list of ignored hosts. By default, it included localhost, 127.0.0.0/8, *.local. I added 192.168.1.0/24 to the list, but it didn't work. I've changed it to 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0, but so didn't. Then I opened its manual and saw: Set which hosts should not use the proxy in the Ignore Host List in the Ignored Hosts tabbed section. When you access these hosts, you will connect to the Internet directly without a proxy. There is no clear explanation what should I write when I want to add a group of hosts.
The network proxy UI should make this clearer instead.
Bastien, do you think we need to add some text to the UI (tooltip) to explain the format of ignored hosts?
Certainly not. That particular piece of the panel was not designed/redesigned, and we probably should do something about it.
Actually, 192.168.1.0/24 should work, and so should 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0. Kentaro, what did you use to test this? Why do you say they "do not work"?
(In reply to comment #4) > Kentaro, what did you use to test this? Why do you say they "do not work"? Hi kentaro, I am closing this bug report as no updated information has been provided. Please feel free to reopen this bug if you can provide the information that was asked for in a previous comment.