do you have port 210 open on your firewall? I'm not an expert on these  
things but I think that is the port that z39.50 tends to use.

j

On 25-Nov-08, at 5:07 PM, Sergei Mariev wrote:

> 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
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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