proxy settings
 

I am behind a corporate firewall and trying to access the net using a box with Mandrake 9.1 on it. I can easily connect with any Windows based browsers by setting up the proxy server address and it's port. I have tried the same technique with the browsers within Mandrake with no success. When going into the Control Center, I am unable to get the Internet status to connect. Do I need to have the Gateway field on this screen set to my proxy server? I have tried setting it with no success. I did notice that when I go into LAN configuration that the IP address is blank. Shouldn't this auto populate once a network connection is detected? I tested and know that the wire and LAN jack are working properly. Please advise.... Thank you.:newbie:

Sounds like your dhcp client didn't get an ip address. Either fix that, or get a fixed address from your it dept. Stealing one from the dhcp pool is generally considered bad form.