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Can't connect to a public proxy server

Asked by kenneth

Hi

Just installed Ubuntu 6.06 LTS and am struggling to connect to a public proxy server.
I've been using Windows XP with a connection to this a public proxy server.
No authentication or passwords have been neccessary.
In the network monitor it shows incoming bytes and packets but no outgoing ones.
When i try to connect using Firefox an error message comes up saying
"Proxy server refusing connection"

I have set the connection properties in Firefox as well as for the Ethernet adaptor.

Please help
Kind Regards

Kenneth

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Krash (gkrasovic) said : 		#1

Hi Kenneth,

  what type of proxy are you using? - SOCKS or HTTP? can you share what you're using for your settings (perhaps just mangling the hostnames so that you don't have security issues?)

Thanks!!

 -Gary

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kenneth (k-mooi) said : 		#2

Hello Krash

  Thankyou for your interest.

  I assume the server is HTTP, i don't know much about these systems.
  The connection required no authentication or anything of the sort with Windows XP.
  I simply connect to the following address "proxy.tut.ac.za" with port 8080.
  I'm afraid i don't know the significance of these.
  My computer's IP address should be automatic, but I am unsure of where to set this in Ubuntu.

  Thanks for your time

  Kenneth

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Krash (gkrasovic) said : 		#3

Can you try to open a terminal window (Ubuntu Menu -> Accessories -> Terminal)
and paste in the output from the following commands:

ifconfig

telnet proxy.tut.ac.za 8080

and the line (if any) that says

and the line from 'netstat -rn' that starts with 0.0.0.0

Thanks!

 - Krash

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kenneth (k-mooi) said : 		#4

Hello again

I couldn't try those commands as the terminal refused my password.

In Ubuntu 6.06 LTS many things just started malfunctioning.
I couldn't mount a flash disk, read a cd or any other removable media.
Many applications stopped responding or just refused to execute.
Hadware such as the network adaptor, sound card and such were nowhere to be found.

I had no idea how to reset the system to defaults, so i tried installing Ubuntu 7.07
and now everything works!
I'm writing this e-mail through Ubuntu.

Thank you for all your help.

Kenneth