Hello everybody,

I've been using Boinc since a few year (7 years if I remember well) however it is the first time I have an issue with it.

I first googled it to try to fix the problem but either it didn't work or I didn't understand correctly!

My problem is this message: "BOINC can't access Internet - check network connection or proxy configuration"

I'm using BOINC on my professional laptop on the company network. It worked fine until a point where this message appeared.
I've reinstalled several time BOINC, the problem is still occuring.
My internet connection goes through a Proxy server using a proxy script
Here is the script:

function FindProxyForURL(url, host) {

    if 	(isPlainHostName(host) ||
	dnsDomainIs(host, "xxxx") ||
        dnsDomainIs(host, "xxxx") ||
        dnsDomainIs(host, "xxxx") ||
        dnsDomainIs(host, "xxxx") ||
        dnsDomainIs(host, "vwg") ||
        dnsDomainIs(host, "local") ||
        shExpMatch(host, "localhost") ||
        shExpMatch(host, "xxxx") ||
        shExpMatch(host, "xxxx") ||
        shExpMatch(host, "xxxx") ||
        shExpMatch(host, "xxxx") ||
        shExpMatch(host, "10.*") ||
        shExpMatch(host, "192.168.*") ||
        shExpMatch(host, "127.0.0.*"))
    return "DIRECT";

// DEFAULT RULE: All other traffic, use below proxies, in fail-over order.

return "PROXY 10.xxx.xxx.xx:80; PROXY 10.xxx.xxx.xx:80";

}

I have replaced some company names and IP address by the "xxxx"

What I've done is to setup BOINC with the IP address of the last line but it doesn't work.
I have entered the Proxy script address (without the http://), the Internet error message disappears but still no update.

Anyone to help me out!?

Config:
Windows 7 32 bits
BOINC 7.2.42

It worked fine until a point where this message appeared.

If it worked fine until it didn't, then something in your internet access has changed and you'll have to ask the ICT techs at your work for help. Perhaps that they changed some protocol.

At any time, when things work one day and they do not the next, it's normally not anything to do with BOINC but instead with updates to the operating system or the (method of) internet connection.

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Hello,

Thanks for your message.
I'm not sure that we used the proxy before or if the script has been changed.
In the case that this is my first install and that doesn't work, how can I use the proxy to configure BOINC?