setup.exe thinks it has no internet

[covici@ccs.covici.com]

     * From: Greg Chicares <gchicares at sbcglobal dot net>
     * To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
     * Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 14:23:02 +0000
     * Subject: Re: setup.exe thinks it has no internet
     * References: <000001cb8898$8735d610$95a18230$@covici.com>
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On 2010-11-20 09:51Z, John Covici wrote:
> Hi.  I am trying to install Cygwin on a vmware fusion virtual machine
> and
> unlike any other program on the vm the setup.exe thinks it has no
> internet,
> so it won't download the mirrors list nor if I type in one by hand
> will it
> get any information.

http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setup-net.html#setup-connection

Since direct connection doesn't work, have you tried the other methods?
 I tried the ie5 settings -- I actually have ie8 -- but no different
 results.

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