Proxy problems - from terminal

[fatboyjim]

It was all working fine last week, but this week it doesn't work at all

I set the proxy in Firefox to 172.18.0.31:8080 and it works fine

However, if i type
export http_proxy="http://172.18.0.31:8080"
to try and access the internet from the terminal I can't ping or sync or anything... Although obviously Firefox still works...

All help appreciated

Jim
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fatboyjim
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[tuxmin]

Ping and rsync are not proxy aware, i.e. you can't tell them to use your http proxy by setting http_proxy.
This variable affects programs that are related to ftp and/or http protocols (wget, lynx and such).
If you are behind a restrictive firewall and want to sync portage set http_proxy and do "emerge-webrsymc".


Hth, Alex!!!
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