telenet and proxy errors

[pvaneynd]

My bother had severe problem with telenet (the local cable company) and he actually called the helpdesk while I was with him. I noticed the error they made and so could correct it. Normally they ask you to configure http://pac.telenet.be:8080 as pac file. The pack file is:

/* PAC FILE: VERSION MANAGEMENT WITH CVS
 * USE CVSWEB FOR UPDATING !!!
 *
 * Proxy autoconfig file
 *
 * $Revision: 1.29 $
 * $Date: 2004/04/01 06:58:30 $
 *
 */

function FindProxyForURL(url, host)
{
       return "DIRECT";
}

Notice that there is no proxy configured. When this did not work they asked to configure proxy.telenet.be:8080 as a proxy without disabling the pac stuff. This also did not work. After the long call on the expensive helpdesk I tried configuring the proxy and disabling the pac. That worked.

Of course as he was using an inferior operating system as a first step he had reinstalled everything, and lost some data he had forgotten to backup.

I wonder when they will fix the pac file...