[wellylug] apt and proxies

[Lindsay Hunter]

John Groombridge wrote:
> Hi Lindsay
>
> I'm very willing to share what knowledge I might have with you, the 
> only problem is that I take off again for 10 days, starting Wednesday 
> 14 Jan.  I should be back by the 27 Jan.  I go away again on 5 Feb for 
> another 8 - 10 days.  Everything is happening at once!  When winter 
> comes, I'll be a stuck-in-the-mud.  I'm free this weekend (so far).
>
> Meanwhile, I have a question for you:
>
> I installed Kubuntu on a machine for a friend earlier this week.  The 
> computer was connected via ethernet to a wireless modem (being share 
> with his son's wireless laptop.  We had a bit of trouble connecting to 
> the internet because his son had son unusual ip addresses etc.  
> However, we got that sorted and internet stuff works fine, except 
> apt-get/Synaptic package manager - it won't update/connect to the 
> resource.  Doing a Google, this is caused by a missing proxy address, 
> and can be fixed by editing /etc/apt/apt.conf by adding:
>
> Acquire::http::Proxy "http://user:pass@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:port/";
> Acquire::ftp::Proxy "http://user:pass@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:port/";
>
> I understand the proxy server port is usually 8080, username and 
> password may not be needed.  How do we determine the proxy address.  
> His son is not being very helpful - what should we ask him using 
> Microsoft jargon??   The computer dual boots Win XP, so is there 
> somewhere we can find the proxy address in XP, or is it in the modem? 
>
> Cheers
>
> JohnG
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