[Bioperl-l] Bio::DB::SwissProt vs proxy

[David Guzman]

Hello:

I'm trying to load some swissprot-updates sequences from a remote server 
using Bio::DB::SwissProt, and I obtained the followoing error message

-------------------- WARNING ---------------------
MSG: 500 (Internal Server Error) Can't connect to www.ebi.ac.uk:80 (Timeout)
Client-Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 04:06:42 GMT

---------------------------------------------------
------------- EXCEPTION  -------------
MSG: WebDBSeqI Request Error

STACK Bio::DB::WebDBSeqI::_request 
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/Bio/DB/WebDBSeqI.pm:523
STACK Bio::DB::WebDBSeqI::get_seq_stream 
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/Bio/DB/WebDBSeqI.pm:375
STACK Bio::DB::WebDBSeqI::get_Stream_by_id 
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/Bio/DB/WebDBSeqI.pm:237
STACK Bio::DB::WebDBSeqI::get_Seq_by_id 
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/Bio/DB/WebDBSeqI.pm:143
STACK toplevel ./script3.pl:6

I suppose this problem is related to my firewalled network connection through 
proxy server, this network connection made my bioperl installation very 
problematic, is there any way to avoid connection to remote server though 
proxies, or can I handle the timeout, considering the "starving" bandwidth 
per sec we have in this department about 1Mb!!!
Appreciate any suggestions


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David Guzman Cayupi
Laboratorio Bio-Orgánica y Proteínas
Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
Fono: 56-32-273172