# How to use proxy? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [September 1, 2010, 3:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-use-proxy/194204 "2010-09-01T03:29:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![luofeiyu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@luofeiyu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luofeiyu)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 3:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-use-proxy/194204/1 "2010-09-01T03:29:38Z")
here is my code: require ‘rubygems’ require ‘net/http’ require ‘open-uri’ $proxy\_addr = ‘128.59.20.226’ $proxy\_port = ‘3124’ Net::HTTP::Proxy($proxy\_addr, $proxy\_port).start(‘[http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/)’) {|http| http.get(‘[http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/)’) } the output is : #\ what’s wrong? i can ping 128.59.20.226 pt@pt-laptop:~$ ping 128.59.20.226 PING 128.59.20.226 (128.59.20.226) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp\_seq=1 ttl=45 time=286 ms 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp\_seq=2 ttl=45 time=286 ms 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp\_seq=3 ttl=45 time=290 ms 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp\_seq=4 ttl=45 time=289 ms 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp\_seq=5 ttl=45 time=285 ms 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp\_seq=6 ttl=45 time=288 ms 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp\_seq=7 ttl=45 time=291 ms 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp\_seq=8 ttl=45 time=289 ms 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp\_seq=9 ttl=45 time=290 ms 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp\_seq=10 ttl=45 time=285 ms 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp\_seq=11 ttl=45 time=285 ms 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp\_seq=12 ttl=45 time=286 ms 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp\_seq=13 ttl=45 time=289 ms 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp\_seq=14 ttl=45 time=289 ms 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp\_seq=15 ttl=45 time=284 ms 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp\_seq=16 ttl=45 time=291 ms 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp\_seq=17 ttl=45 time=285 ms 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp\_seq=18 ttl=45 time=289 ms 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp\_seq=19 ttl=45 time=286 ms 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp\_seq=20 ttl=45 time=285 ms 64 bytes from 128.59.20.226: icmp\_seq=21 ttl=45 time=287 ms ^C — 128.59.20.226 ping statistics — 21 packets transmitted, 21 received, 0% packet loss, time 20024ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 284.959/287.864/291.207/2.180 ms