Yes, a short addendum: no, I do have a firewall (Doorstop and LittleSnitch running) however, they are configured to allow BibDesk any network connections.
Am 25.11.2008 um 22:58 schrieb Sergei Mariev: > Thanks for the replies! > > I am trying to connect to the Library of Congress, UB Basel, U of > Zurich (the profiles are preinstalled in BibDesk) and to GBV > [Gemensamer Bibliotheksverbund] (I have created the profile for it). > These services do not have any access restrictions. (GBV has a user > name and password, which is published on the web). And yes, I do have > a VPN connection to the University network when I am at home. > However, the result is the same I have described in the first mail: I > can use all those services from my office, I can use *none* [!] of > them from home. I am on the same computer and of course I do not > change any porfiles when I come home. This is the strangest fact > about this problem... > > > > Am 25.11.2008 um 22:06 schrieb Maxwell, Adam R: > >> Huw's suggestion is good. Aside from that, can you connect to >> Library of >> Congress from home? I know that service doesn't have any access >> restrictions, so it's a good test case. If not, do you have a >> firewall that >> might be blocking outbound traffic? >> >> >> On 11/25/08 11:13, "Huw Major" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Im just guessing, having never used z39.50, but it sounds like you >>> need to have a valid authorisation to connect to the server. I'm >>> guessing at your office your work IP address is used as your >>> authentication but of course your home IP doesn't give you access. >>> >>> Try connecting to your work VPN and routing all traffic through the >>> VPN. This should give you an effective IP address as if you were >>> using >>> a computer from within your office. I think that should probably get >>> you up and running. >>> >>> Huw >>> >>> >>> On 25 Nov 2008, at 18:51, Sergei Mariev wrote: >>> >>>> Dear all, >>>> >>>> I posted this message couple of days ago, but there is >>>> absolutely no >>>> reaction... if not some kind of network configuration what else can >>>> be the reason for not being able to work with this feature of >>>> BibDesk >>>> at home? Does anyone have an idea, what configuration/paramterest I >>>> have to check in order to get to the bottom of the problem? >>>> >>>> thanks for any help >>>> >>>> >>>> Am 22.11.2008 um 12:07 schrieb Sergei Mariev: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I am using my laptop in my office and at home. While I have >>>>> absolutely no problem searching various z39.50 bibliographical >>>>> databases from inside Bibdesk when I am in my office, it simply >>>>> does >>>>> not work when I am at home. (It never retrieves any results, no >>>>> matter what the search term is, it does a search for an extremely >>>>> short time and no error messages appears) Apart from this strange >>>>> behaviour I have not been able to detect any problems with >>>>> Internet >>>>> or any network connection when I am at home (internet, mail, >>>>> everything works just ok). How can this be explained? Why am I not >>>>> able to access any z39.50 services from home...? >>>>> >>>>> thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Sergei >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>> - >>>>> --- >>>>> --- >>>>> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's >>>>> challenge >>>>> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win >>>>> great prizes >>>>> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in >>>>> the world >>>>> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Bibdesk-users mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> - >>>> ----- >>>> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's >>>> challenge >>>> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win >>>> great prizes >>>> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in >>>> the world >>>> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Bibdesk-users mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> - >>> ---- >>> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's >>> challenge >>> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win >>> great prizes >>> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in >>> the world >>> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Bibdesk-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> - >> --- >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's >> challenge >> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win >> great prizes >> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in >> the world >> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Bibdesk-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win > great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in > the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
