[H-GEN] Linux masq problem

[John]

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> You might be getting a timeout for a number of reasons.  First, the site
> might have been down at the time; have you tried pinging it from the
> masquerading machine, using w3m or lynx on the masquerading machine, etc?
> Second, you may have misconfigured your masquerading.  Can you access
> other websites?  Third, you may be suffering from an autoproxy, which can
> do various broken things and cause you grief.
> 
Hi Byron,
Thanks for the tips. Turned out to be Optus at Homes' proxy. 

John

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