weired network problem


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Hi,

I've had this problem for every distribution installed on my laptop!

Basically, I can browse web pages, download things, so to a great extent, my network works properly through

DHCP in this campus LAN.

However, I cannot download any upgrade package using any provided installer, upgrade program, or whatever, all of

them just keep connecting forever. One more thing is, I have to set up a proxy to get access to outside internet from

this freaky campus network, and I set it up in system configuration. but why those upgrade programs just couldn't

connect to the server?

Can anyone help me on this (it drives me crazy!!!) thank you.

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its probably because the proxy is only setup to allow http access, not the other protocols, talk with the sysadmin over there see if he can help

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wow...didn't see this question before, sorry...

Ya, kemical nailed it on the nose, it's either the proxy settings or an imposed firewall preventing you from doing it

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wow...didn't see this question before, sorry...

Ya, kemical nailed it on the nose, it's either the proxy settings or an imposed firewall preventing you from doing it

wow first time i ever nailed anything :laugh:

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