<div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div class="Wj3C7c"> >> > 2009/2/7 Chris Rowson <<a href="mailto:christopherrowson@gmail.com">christopherrowson@gmail.com</a>>: >> >> Hi there, >> >> >> >> I don't know if anyone else has come across this, but I'll ask anyway. >> >> >> >> I'm trying to visit iPlayer on my Ubuntu laptop using Firefox, but I >> keep >> >> getting the message 'content unavailable, please try again later' (or >> >> along >> >> those lines). If I visit iPlayer using a Windows PC with Firefox I >> >> don't >> >> receive the message. >> >> >> >> I'm pretty sure that it must have something to do with the proxy I >> >> have >> >> to >> >> go out through when I'm at this location. It's a Squid proxy (running >> >> on >> >> Ubuntu Dapper) and I can only think that there must be some kind of >> >> incompatibility somewhere. If I don't go through the proxy (for >> >> instance >> >> if >> >> I'm at home) then iPlayer works fine. >> >> >> >> Has anyone seen anything like this before, does anyone have any >> >> suggestions? >> > >> > Could the squid be blocking the port the media from iPlayer streams on? >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Kris Douglas >> >       Softdel Limited Hosting Services >> >       Web: <a href="http://www.softdel.co.uk" target="_blank">www.softdel.co.uk</a> >> >       Mastil: <a href="mailto:kris@softdel.co.uk">kris@softdel.co.uk</a> >> > >> > Company No. 6135915 >> > Registered in England and Wales >> >> >> Have you setup the proxy for Firefox, or for the whole system? If just >> for >> Firefox, Flash may not be using the proxy, thus the error. >> > > I've set it up for just Firefox. I'm using CrunchBang at the moment and it > doesn't have a general system proxy option like Ubuntu Gnome (as far as I > can see). Sites like youtube work though. > > Chris </div></div>Can you access Youtube without the proxy though, as it may be that Firefox is using the proxy whilst Flash is just using a direct connection? <div class="Ih2E3d"></div></blockquote><div> Hi Harry, the only IP address on the network that can get out to the 'net is that of the proxy. All traffic has to go through the proxy. Chris </div></div>