Dear List,

I have a problem connecting to a CRAN mirror through a networked computer running Vista Enterprise on a Dell PC. I added

http_proxy=http://gannet/ http_proxy_user=ask

to the Target in the R shortcut, completed the username and password in the Proxy Authentication window, but get the following warning:

Warning message:
In open.connection(con, "r") : unable to resolve 'gannet'

When I try to download a package I get the following messages:

> utils:::menuInstallPkgs()
Warning: unable to access index for repository http://cran.csiro.au/bin/windows/contrib/2.15
Warning: unable to access index for repository http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/RWin/bin/windows/contrib/2.15
Error in install.packages(NULL, .libPaths()[1L], dependencies = NA, type = type) :
  no packages were specified


This approach worked for me on other networks but this is the first time I've encountered this issue. Any help is appreciated.

Cheers,

Neil Collier
Edith Cowan University


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