MATLAB web browser problem

My MATLAB web browser simply won't display certain websites. (ie. http://espn.go.com). I get this error:

MATLAB cannot link to this file or URL:

http://espn.go.com/

The website is clearly spelled correctly and opens fine in Mozilla Firefox, IE Explorer, etc because my internet is fine.

I'm wondering if 2011a web browser 64bit on Windows 7 has any known issues?

thanks for any help

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

I have heard of issues with urlread() in the past that I think where related to HTTP redirects. But I tried manually on the above site, and at least for me the content comes out with no unusual headers, so I don't know.

My server connection is still down so I cannot try from within MATLAB myself.

Answer 2

[Fangjun Jiang]

Check your Preferences->Web, do you have a proxy server set up?

Answer 3

[Peter]

No proxy server set up.. I even tried turning one on to see if that somehow made a difference. I'm very perplexed. Reinstalling MATLAB to see if that helps...