=configure= : Connection refused when looking for plugins

I've just installed Foswiki on a company server and now I wanted to update the included plugins (and add some extra ones) via configure 's option to Find More Extensions.

However, the Find More Extensions page states Error accessing Foswiki.org: Can't connect to foswiki.org:80 (connect: Connection refused). This is very similar to [[Question225]]. What is the reason for this error, and how might I solve it?

I'm suspecting there's a firewall issue here because if I try wget www.google.com from the console then I get a very similar error:
Connecting to www.google.com|74.125.39.106|:80... failed: Connection refused.

I'd prefer to use the configure method for updating and adding plugins, but I'm afraid that because of the above issue, I'm stuck with downloading to my client PC and then moving it to the server by FTP. Am I correct?

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Is it possible that wget is magically using a company proxy to get to the internet thanks to an ENVar that the webserver user's environment (running Foswiki) doesn't have set?

Try telnet www.google.com 80 - if the connection fails, but the wget succeeds, that would be signs of a proxy, in which case you need to enter the details into configure

-- PaulHarvey - 13 Jul 2010

Thank you for the tip, Paul. Here's what telnet reports:

>telnet www.google.com 80
Trying 74.125.39.147...
telnet: connect to address 74.125.39.147: Connection refused
Trying 74.125.39.99...
telnet: connect to address 74.125.39.99: Connection refused
Trying 74.125.39.103...
telnet: connect to address 74.125.39.103: Connection refused
Trying 74.125.39.104...
telnet: connect to address 74.125.39.104: Connection refused
Trying 74.125.39.105...
telnet: connect to address 74.125.39.105: Connection refused
Trying 74.125.39.106...
telnet: connect to address 74.125.39.106: Connection refused
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
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Also, env doesn't contain any entries containing proxy. I've now installed the relevant plugins through FTP, so for now I'll just leave things as they are.

-- TorbenGB - 14 Jul 2010