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 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>>> - >>>>>> --- >>>>>> --- >>>>>> 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
