In addition to Marc's comments, you might want to use setInternet2() I am pretty sure this will get you past a firewall to r-project.org.
I think it might also get you access to 127.0.0.1. Access to 127.0.0.1 is not explicitly mentioned in the help file ?setInternet2 Rich ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
