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in reply to Re: Cookie protected web page and file downloading
in thread Cookie protected web page and file downloading

It looks like you're specifying your proxy incorrectly. $mech->proxy() takes a URL as its second argument, not an IP address.

Try $mech->proxy('http', 'http://172.17.1.248/') and see if that works.