From: Pen Ttt Date: 2010-09-01T10:29:43+09:00 Subject: how to use proxy? here is my code: require 'rubygems' require 'net/http' require 'open-uri' $proxy_addr = '128.59.20.226' $proxy_port = '3124' Net::HTTP::Proxy($proxy_addr, $proxy_port).start('http://www.ruby-forum.com/') {|http| http.get('http://www.ruby-forum.com/') } the output is : # what's wrong? i can ping 128.59.20.226 pt@pt-laptop:~$ ping 128.59.20.226 PING 128.59.20.226 (128.59.20.226) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp_seq=1 ttl=45 time=286 ms 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp_seq=2 ttl=45 time=286 ms 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp_seq=3 ttl=45 time=290 ms 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp_seq=4 ttl=45 time=289 ms 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp_seq=5 ttl=45 time=285 ms 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp_seq=6 ttl=45 time=288 ms 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp_seq=7 ttl=45 time=291 ms 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp_seq=8 ttl=45 time=289 ms 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp_seq=9 ttl=45 time=290 ms 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp_seq=10 ttl=45 time=285 ms 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp_seq=11 ttl=45 time=285 ms 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp_seq=12 ttl=45 time=286 ms 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp_seq=13 ttl=45 time=289 ms 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp_seq=14 ttl=45 time=289 ms 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp_seq=15 ttl=45 time=284 ms 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp_seq=16 ttl=45 time=291 ms 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp_seq=17 ttl=45 time=285 ms 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp_seq=18 ttl=45 time=289 ms 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp_seq=19 ttl=45 time=286 ms 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp_seq=20 ttl=45 time=285 ms 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp_seq=21 ttl=45 time=287 ms ^C --- 128.59.20.226 ping statistics --- 21 packets transmitted, 21 received, 0% packet loss, time 20024ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 284.959/287.864/291.207/2.180 ms -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.