On Sun, 13 Feb 2000 22:01:28 -0800, Steve Evans wrote:
> ...With Compuserve it is more successful. Arachne starts downloading the
> assigned start page. Sometimes it will finish. Usually it stalls, while
> the X-I logo keeps animating the lightning pattern. After a long wait, I
> will try pressing R to refresh, or G to enter another URL and the status
> line will change to "Connecting to home.arachne.cz [or whatever URL], port
> 80", stalled again with the X-I logo showing the multicolored spiral
> animation. Then I will try pressing G again for another URL. Status line
> changes to "Asking for domain name server for [whatever URL]" and the X-I
> logo animates the blue/green square pattern. Finally it times out, reads
> "Cannot locate computer [URL]" and goes to the Arachne Load Error screen
> "Cannot open connection/ Arachne was unable to load requested URL/ Possible
> reasons:" and none of the reasons or Arachne documentation is much help.
> But even if the start page finishes loading, any attempt to hyperlink or go
> to a new URL just stalls again in the same way.
> With Freewwweb, it dials, connects, "Installed packet driver . . ." and
> assigns IP. Then the status line reads "Asking domain name server for
> [start URL --doesn't matter which one I try]". Finally it times out, status
> "Cannot locate computer [URL] and goes to the same Arachne Load Error page.
> I have tried lengthening the time out, but it doesn't seem to matter. I
> have tried substituting an Arachne.cfg used successfully by another
> Freewwweb subscriber in my local Los Angeles metro area, but I get the very
> same symptoms.
Hello Steve,
I beleive the problem you described is caused by the kind of your Internet
access not by hard- or soft- ware on your local computer. I see two
possible reasons: i)wrong DNS server setting in your arachne.cfg,
ii)disable or wrong Proxy.server setting in your arachne.cfg.
To localize i) problem you can point as URL pure IP address (not the
hostname) of your provider host. In this case DNS-server will be not
involved in the connection process and you get your provider home page
certainly. Then you can try to connect to another internet server by the
same manner i.e. type in the URL field pure IPaddress not the hostname.
If this does work for your provider server only and doesn't for outer
net, therefore, your traffic passes through the proxy.provider server and
you should set UseProxy to Yes and set correct address of HTTPproxy in
arachne.cfg. If you don't know IP address of your provider servers
you can call him and ask or you may learn them with the help of any of your
friends who has Internet access via Unix or WinNT compatible machine by
NSLOOKUP utility.
Good luck,
Sergei.
-- This mail was written by user of Arachne, the Ultimate Internet Client
-- Arachne V1.50;s.r.c., NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://home.arachne.cz/
