On Thu, February 21, 2008 2:23 pm, SJS wrote:
> begin  quoting Lan Barnes as of Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 01:52:23PM -0800:
>>
>> On Thu, February 21, 2008 1:39 pm, SJS wrote:
> [snip]
>> > What *can* you hit with, say, a browser?
>>
>> Interesting. The internet. file://...
>
> Well, the problem is that you /can't/ hit the Internet, or selected
> portions.  I'm suspecting "Da Webz", meaning "port 80 only".
>
>> However when I start a small browser on the same machine like wikit.kit
>> on, say, port 1111, I can;t hit it through
>>
>>   my.real.ip.addr:1111
>> or
>>   127.0.0.1:1111
>>
>> ... and I'm not used to that. Everywhere else, it just works.
>
> Hm.
>
> Try localhost as well, as 127.0.0.1 doesn't always equal localhost.
>
> Also, can you telnet to port 1111 on your machine? Type "GET /" and
> bang on the return key and see what you see.
>
>> > And is your browser configured to use a proxy?
>>
>> Hey, it's me, Lan. And IE. HTHWIK?
>>
>
> Troll through the magic settings dialogs looking for "proxy" or "How
> You Connect To The Internet" or somesuch.
>
> As you can't even hit your local machine, I'm thinking that you're
> using a proxy, and it's not a transparent one even.
>

Now is it clear to all that I'm on a XT box here ... thus the putty?

Hmm ... Mark Wolfe is down the hall, and he's been here a year. Maybe I
should just ask him what's up.

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Lan Barnes

SCM Analyst              Linux Guy
Tcl/Tk Enthusiast        Biodiesel Brewer


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