Date: 02 Aug 2005 09:35:31 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: perikillo <perikillo@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cannot connect to Internet...http proxy? Message-ID: <44ll3kmpgc.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <51d7a5160507312022404fcb05@mail.gmail.com> References: <51d7a5160507312022404fcb05@mail.gmail.com>
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perikillo <perikillo@gmail.com> writes: > In my work, we connect to the internet over one http proxy > (squid) running on fedora, with windows(98/2k/xp) we dont have any > problem to acces to the outside. I have my user and password, the > proxy have the IP: 192.168.1.2 Port 3128 > > I need to access to the internet to update my system because i > only download the mini-iso, and i need to update ports and kernel, i > need to install some packages, but went the /stand/sysinstall ask me > how i want to connect to the internet i chose HTTP Proxy, them he ask: > > Please enter the address of the http proxy in this format: > hostname: port (the ':port' is optional, default is 3128 ) > > I give the IP of my proxy: 192.168.1.2, but he dont ask my user and > password, and say: > > "No Such directory: ftp://ftp4.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD > /snapshots/i386/5.3-RELEASE please check URL and try again" > > We use one DHCP server with windows that give the IP, i receive the > IP, but still cannot connect my freebsd box to the internet, some docs > say that if we receive our IP address from some DHCP we dont need to > worry about the DNS. I dont have nothing on /etc/resolv.conf > > Our subnet is W.X.2.Z --> my IP is 192.168.2.22 > > I forget something?, i need to ask something more to the person is > in charge of the Internet access? > > I really need to setup freebsd, because we need to test some > software before next friday. Hope you could help me, thanks. Set the HTTP_PROXY environment variable. See "man 3 fetch".
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