I\'m using the latest version of Eclipse Galileo and I have to access the web from behind a proxy. I see where I can set the internet settings to manual and specify a proxy
If you have still problems, try deactivating ("Clear") SOCKS
see: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=281384
"I believe the reason for this is because it uses the SOCKS proxy
instead of the HTTP proxy if SOCKS is configured."