Re: Configuring APT on Local Network

[John Dey <jsdey@optonline.net>]

Hi:

I can't ping either the domain name or the IP address for ccrma.  That 
doesn't surprise me in that I have a firewall set up that I am guessing 
blocks such direct access.  As I mentioned, I can reach the domain name 
in Mozilla in that it is set up to use the proxy server.  In apt.conf 
there is a Proxy section and the manual pages for apt.conf provides some 
cryptic information that I do not understand.  I am looking for help 
from someone that could share with me their apt.conf file that has been 
set up to use a proxy server.

Thanks for the assistance.

bob@evilkat.com wrote:

>On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 04:32:29PM -0500, John Dey wrote:
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>>Fellow list members:
>>[root@robo1 apt]# apt-get update
>>Err http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu redhat/8.0/en/i386 release
>> Temporary failure resolving 'www-ccrma.stanford.edu'
>>Err http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu redhat/all/en/i386 release
>> Temporary failure resolving 'www-ccrma.stanford.edu'
>>Err http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu redhat/8.0/en/i386/os pkglist
>>*
>>    
>>
>
>just a quick guess that it's a dns issue, those resolving messages are 
>my clue on that.  just a quick ping of that host from here tells me it's
>real.  might i make two suggestions
>
>try to ping or traceroute to www-ccrma.stanford.edu
>
>if that works then replace in your sources.list the www-ccrma.stanford.edu
>with 171.64.197.137 and see if it happens to find what your looking for
>
>if none of those work then try to ping the ip 171.64.197.137
>if you can't ping it check your routes
>
>hope this helps
>
>Bob T. Kat
>
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