Network Tangle
Hi thanks
for reading this,
I have just
re installed the latest version on a Toshiba Laptop, with a CNET PCMCIA card in
a slot, which gives me access, (Though Limited) to my Windows Network. The
windows Network uses Wingate Proxy server to access the
Internet.
I have re
installed a number of times trying to get access via the proxy to the local
Australian Mirror site. ftp://ftp.au.debian.org/debian
apt does not
get through the proxy, however I can ftp directly by opening the ip address of
Wingate and then doing a logon to the ftp site.
I have set
export ftp_proxy=ftp://192.168.0.1 however this does not seem to work. Here is
the ip makeup of my local network, and the DNS host at Xtra who are my
isp.
Debian
Laptop is 192.168.0.3
Desktop with
Wingate is 192.168.0.1
Xtra's DNS
service is 202.27.184.3 and .5 for secondary
I set
202.27.184.3 and 5 as the Other DNS system in the network setup phase of
install.
I do not
have a 56K modem for the laptop so ppp is not an option. The fact that I can ftp
through the proxy suggests that I am some of the way there. But as you can see I
am in a tangle, and cannot resolve the path for apt to use to do its
thing.
Anyone out
there got the time and patience to help out.
john D
Smith
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