On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 18:43:29 +0100, Peter Terpstra
<peter@k6.xs4all.nl> wrote:
> Dear readers,
>
> Our network changed and know I need to put a proxy in Debian to reach the
> internet.
> In Mandrake and SuSE there was no problem.
>
> I've already tried "export http_proxy='www.proxyserver.nl:8080'" in
> "/etc/profile", but did not do anything.
> I already put the aquire option in apt.conf, thats not the point. I cannot
> ping or traceroute or anything else outside on the internet.
>
> Who can help?
>
"http_proxy" probably needs to be HTTP_PROXY

An http proxy only affects browsing web sites.  You might also need to
change your DNS server and default gateway addresses.  Ask your ISP.


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