C# webclient and proxy server

Question

I am using a web client class in my source code for downloading a string using http.

This was working fine. However, the clients in the company are all connected now to a proxy server. And the problem started from this.

When I have tested my application I don't think it can pass through the proxy server, as the exception that keeps getting thrown is "no response from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx which is the proxy server IP address.

However, I can still navigate to the web site URL and it displays the string correctly in the browser when connecting through a proxy server, but not when I use my web client.

Is there something in the web client that I have to configure to allow me to access the url from behind a proxy server?

using (WebClient wc = new WebClient()) {     string strURL = "http://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";      //Download only when the webclient is not busy.     if (!wc.IsBusy)     {         string rtn_msg = string.Empty;         try         {             rtn_msg = wc.DownloadString(new Uri(strURL));             return rtn_msg;         }         catch (WebException ex)         {             Console.Write(ex.Message);             return false;         }         catch (Exception ex)         {             Console.Write(ex.Message);             return false;         }     }     else     {         System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("Busy please try again");         return false;     } } 

Answer 1

My solution:

WebClient client = new WebClient(); WebProxy wp = new WebProxy(" proxy server url here"); client.Proxy = wp; string str = client.DownloadString("http://www.google.com");