Problem accessing the Internet from a web part

Question

Hi I have a problem accessing the Internet from a couple of web parts. I think it is being blocked by our company firewall.

I have read that you can change the web.config but this seems extreme. Is there another way of enabling the Internet access? Specifying a proxy or something?

Answer 1

You can set up your request to use a proxy.

Scot

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Answer 2

Is there not a way around it Scot?

What I mean is without writing code

Answer 3

I have found that the Dilbert is sourced from a Universal Data Connection File I think, with it being a Data Connection library.

I just cannot find where the link is set.

Answer 4

Is there not a way around it Scot?

What I mean is without writing code

This forum section is for programming/code solutions to sharepoint problems.  If that's not an option I would suggest using one of the other SharePoint sub-forums.

Answer 5

Hi Dan,

If you suspect the content for your web part is being "blocked" by your firewall, then you'll need to speak to the administrators of your firewall to ensure the content is being allowed through.  You are correct with your other statement, the way SharePoint becomes "Proxy aware" is by letting it know in the web.config for your web application that your network is using a proxy.  You can add the code below to enable this.

<system.net>

<defaultProxy> 

<proxy autoDetect="true" proxyaddress="add your proxy ip or FQDN" bypassonlocal="true" />

</defaultProxy>

</system.net>

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