Setting Network Proxy in Fedora Core 5 Doesn't Work

[Caged]

I recently installed FC5 alongside Windows XP because I have a habit of installing Linux at random oppertunities.

Anyway, I set a proxy in the "Network Proxy" menu item contained in System > Preferences, via the automatic configuration URL, and then when that didn't work, by using the manual address method. However, it doesn't seem to have any effect at all. The various updater softwares won't connect to anything, and Firefox doesn't 'see' a connection (I get my campus network error page). I have set the proxy in Firefox manually to the automatic configuration URL to make this post, but surely if that menu item in FC5 works, then the whole system should put every connection through the proxy?

Last time I hit this issue I typed something into a terminal window, which worked, but the setting disappeared every time I rebooted. Surely if there's an applet to control this, it should work though?

Thanks

 

[Caged]

I've basically come to the conclusion that Fedora Core is a waste of time distribution, if they don't test the thing to ensure that the software it comes with works. I wouldn't be that bothered if third party stuff was quirky, but at least get the stuff you're bundling working properly.