SPUG: cpan script not working -- behind a firewall or proxy?

[jlb]

On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 tcaine at cac.washington.edu wrote:
> You might try setting $CPAN::Config->{http_proxy}.  See "perldoc CPAN" for
> more info.
>
> cpan> o conf http_proxy http://192.168.1.1:8080
> cpan> o conf commit

You'll also want to verify that you're using http CPAN servers, I think, 
any ftp servers will likely not work over ftp.

Jon