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pitbos · Guest

was not able to ip address after turning proxy off in mozilla

Bruce B · Posted: Wed 28 Sep 2005, 19:35 Post subject:

In that case, I'm tempted to think all you have in terms of Internet connection is a proxy service.

pitbos · Guest

So, where do we go from here ?

Flash · Posted: Wed 28 Sep 2005, 22:33 Post subject:

What happens if you go to Start -> Setup -> Ethernet network Wizard -> Configure eth_whaterver -> Auto DHCP?

Bruce B · Posted: Wed 28 Sep 2005, 23:21 Post subject:

pitbos · Guest

been there, done that, but failed

GuestToo · Puppy Master Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 4078

you had an internet connection setup before
if it isn't working now, set it up again the same way
then try:

click Home on the desktop to run rox file manager
click the up arrow on the left a few times
click the etc folder
right click profile and click Copy ... press the right-arrow key then type .local (to copy the file profile to profile.local
right click profile and click Open As Text
type in this, changing the ip numbers to the correct ones:

Guest · Guest

Flash · Posted: Thu 29 Sep 2005, 11:23 Post subject:

GuestToo · Puppy Master Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 4078

you could try changing
export ftp_proxy=http://111.111.111.111:8088
to
export ftp_proxy=ftp://111.111.111.111:8088
it might or might not work

you could also try configuring a .wgetrc file in /root
see: here

it's possible that wget is working, but the ping test that pupget does is not working through your proxy ... you could test wget by using it to download a file ... for example,

open a console (rxvt window) and type
wget www.google.com/favicon.ico
and see if it downloads the favicon.ico file or prints error messages

pitbos · Guest

This is what i get in response

Guest · Guest

GuestToo · Puppy Master Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 4078

Guest · Guest

pitbos wget does work with the proxy variable. I installed a localhost proxy yesterday

Here is the input

wget http://www.google.com/favicon.ico

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Here is the output

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As far as your computer is concerned, the guy is apparently not providing you with DHCP. It may be the only thing he is providing you is an HTTP proxy.

If true, then you are limited to HTTP. I think most programs that use HTTP will use the variable. I think programs that have entries for setting up a proxy like Mozilla, may not use it, but that's not a problem.

Sincerely, it appears you are expecting more than what is made available to you by the host. Also I don't think you have your http_proxy environment set, but that is beside the major point I wish to make, which is: maybe all you got is an HTTP proxy available to you.

Bruce B · Posted: Thu 29 Sep 2005, 15:34 Post subject:

The post above was by me.