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Dude, wget proxy auth is a pain. If you’re getting timeouts, maybe your proxy’s blocking the request?

Try `--proxy-user` and `--proxy-password` separately instead of cramming it all in one flag. Like:
```
wget --proxy=on --proxy-user=user --proxy-password=pass http://example.com
```

If that fails, maybe check `strace wget` to see where it’s choking.