Thanks - any more suggestions ?

1998-07-13 Thread Ivan
At 11:28 PM 13-07-98 +1000, you wrote: On Mon, Jul 13, 1998 at 06:23:17PM +0800, Ivan wrote: The error generated by Netscape is : Warning : FTP proxy host http://proxy.vianet.net.au:80; is unknown BUT this is the correct name for the proxy server at the ISP. The same error is

Re: Thanks - any more suggestions ?

1998-07-13 Thread Ivan
I haven't tried telnetting but by export http_proxy=http://proxy.vianet.net.au:80 I can reach the WWW through Lynx. The error is generated fro FTP, http, gopher,etc... I have tried entering the proxy details for all and for one at a time - the error just will not go away !!! As I have to

Re: Thanks - any more suggestions ?

1998-07-13 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Mon, Jul 13, 1998 at 09:44:24PM +0800, Ivan wrote: I haven't tried telnetting but by export http_proxy=http://proxy.vianet.net.au:80 I can reach the WWW through Lynx. The error is generated fro FTP, http, gopher,etc... I have tried entering the proxy details for all and for one at a

Re: Thanks - any more suggestions ?

1998-07-13 Thread Ivan
At 11:47 PM 13-07-98 +1000, you wrote: On Mon, Jul 13, 1998 at 09:44:24PM +0800, Ivan wrote: I haven't tried telnetting but by export http_proxy=http://proxy.vianet.net.au:80 I can reach the WWW through Lynx. The error is generated fro FTP, http, gopher,etc... I have tried entering the

Re: Thanks - any more suggestions ?

1998-07-13 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Mon, Jul 13, 1998 at 09:51:38PM +0800, Ivan wrote: At 11:47 PM 13-07-98 +1000, you wrote: On Mon, Jul 13, 1998 at 09:44:24PM +0800, Ivan wrote: I haven't tried telnetting but by export http_proxy=http://proxy.vianet.net.au:80 I can reach the WWW through Lynx. The error is generated

Re: Thanks - any more suggestions ?

1998-07-13 Thread Ivan
Yes - homepage no problem - other pages BIG problem !!! Your ISP is probably blocking connections to other sites unless you use the proxy. My ISP does this too, it is cheaper for them if they get any cache hits at all. Proxy performance here is excellent so I don't mind so much. I have no

Re: Thanks - any more suggestions ?

1998-07-13 Thread Nikolai Andreyevich Luzan
On Mon, 13 Jul 1998, Ivan wrote: I haven't tried telnetting but by export http_proxy=http://proxy.vianet.net.au:80 I can reach the WWW through Lynx. technically it should be [Ukraine$] export http_proxy=http://proxy.vianet.net.au:80/; The error is generated fro FTP, http,