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offline mylittlesister from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2005-06-22 19:21 [#01641488]
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i'm browsing with mozilla firefox, but behind a proxy on a
local area network.

every once in a while, usually when changing website, i get
an error message reading: "Bad Request (Invalid Hostname)".


Also whenever i use google and then try to access another
website firefox fails to recognise the change in domain.
e.g. if i was to click on 'www.xltronic.com/mb/' the
location bar would read 'www.xltronic.com/mb/' but really it
would be trying to access 'www.google.co.uk/mb/', which of
couse doesnt exist.

my guess is it's something to do with DNS server settings
and as usual the tech support forums & FAQ are of little to
no help at all.

any one got any ideas? cheers.

 

offline mappatazee from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2005-06-22 19:21 [#01641489]
Points: 14294 Status: Lurker



traceroute a fucking proxy?!

 

offline b6662966 from ? on 2005-06-22 19:22 [#01641490]
Points: 1110 Status: Lurker



switch to Internet Explorer. I think you'll find its a far
superior web browser!


 

offline mylittlesister from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2005-06-22 19:23 [#01641491]
Points: 8472 Status: Regular | Followup to b6662966: #01641490



unfortunately that's what i've had to do... for the time
being.


 

offline mylittlesister from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2005-06-22 19:29 [#01641497]
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looks like i'll have to wait for fleetmouse to surface then.

 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2005-06-22 19:58 [#01641516]
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Tools, options, general, connection settings. If auto-config
doesn't work you'll have to go manual and enter the IP
address of the proxy.

I've never had to do this... wish I could be more help.

 

offline mylittlesister from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2005-06-22 20:02 [#01641520]
Points: 8472 Status: Regular | Followup to fleetmouse: #01641516



i've done all that, unfortunately.

 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2005-06-22 20:12 [#01641530]
Points: 18042 Status: Lurker | Followup to mylittlesister: #01641520



What are the settings in the IE equivalent dialog? Does it
have a special url or port setting?


 

offline mylittlesister from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2005-06-22 20:15 [#01641533]
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IE uses Windows' LAN settings, and they are virtually
identical to firefox's connection settings - just with a
slightly different layout.


 

offline mylittlesister from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2005-06-23 10:46 [#01641884]
Points: 8472 Status: Regular



sorted it in the end.

went to 'about:config' and changed
'network.http.proxy.version' from 1.1 to 1.0.

it's amazing what pissing about with settings can do.

 

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