[ubuntu-za] Problem with my understanding of archive.ubuntu.com

[Alf Stockton]

On 20/06/12 14:15, Tom Bamford wrote:
> On 20 June 2012 14:02, Alf Stockton<alf at stockton.co.za>  wrote:
>> Now please explain to me what I am misunderstanding and why
>> archive.ubuntu.com when I try apt-get translates to 172.27.30.6 but when I
>> do a ping it translates to 91.189.88.29 or 91.189.92.181
> Are you on a corporate/campus network? 172.27.30.6 is in a private
> address range which means it's a server on your network - most likely
> a Squid proxy server (owing to the use of port 3128). You most likely
> either have a transparent proxy on your network or you have a proxy
> server configured on your workstation (see /etc/apt/apt.conf and/or
> run "echo $http_proxy" at a terminal).
Thanks Tom. That is exactly the problem. Now how do I get rid of that 
proxy permanently?

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Alf Stockton                 www.stockton.co.za