Re: [coLinux-users] apt-get can't connect...

[Paul W. <pw...@wa...>]

Hi Rob,

I'm guessing that you have a proxy in place.  Check Settings|Control Panel|
Internet Settings.  Go to the Connections tab and press "Lan Settings...".  
If you have "Use a proxy server for your lan" checked, you need to tell apt 
about this proxy.

Create or modify /etc/apt/apt.conf to look like this:

Acquire::http::Proxy "http://<username>:<password>@<proxy_machine>:<port>/";

Of course you must fill in your own data in <angle brackets>.  You may also 
need the following line in apt.conf:

APT::Cache-Limit "25165824";

This does not get you to the internet, but keeps apt from running out of 
memory.

Hope this works!

Paul


On Thursday 19 January 2006 10:42 am, Rob McDonald wrote:
> I'm trying to set up 0.6.3-rc4 with the Debain image under Win2K with a
> bridged network connection.
>
> I have a static ip set up, and the windows side connects to the outside
> world normally.  CoLinux can resolve domains, and can ping servers in my
> local area.  Something about the way my work's internet connection is set
> up, no machine can ping outside computers.
>
> When I do apt-get update, it successfully resolves the domains, but
> connection fails.  If I run base-config, and try to change the sources for
> apt-get, nothing else works (http / ftp / various servers).
>
> Is there another way to test my network connection to see if it is set up
> right?
>
> Any help is appreciated,
>
>            Rob