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From: Peter Bennett on 3 Aug 2010 20:43 On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:53:04 -0700, John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >I never intended to make this difficult. I just asked my ISP to give >me a place to post files. I haven't ever had problems accessing this >or other peoples' FTP sites using Firefox. > >It also shows up as ftp://66.117.156.8/ > >I don't know much about this stuff. If there are any settings my ISP >could change to simplify access, please let me know. > >My cabin automation system bounces status and control files through >this FTP site; see CABIN.TXT, which is updated once a minute by a >netbook PC in the ski boot closet. > >ftp://66.117.156.8/CABIN.TXT >ftp://66.117.156.8/Auto_wired.jpg > >I wrote the code in PowerBasic, shelling out to the Windows 'ftp' >command here and there. > >Note that Truckee is, in the summer, usually the coldest town in >California, and often the coldest in the country. It hit 32F last >night, when San Francisco only got down to the low 50's. It's 53F here >right now. > >John For all of those URLs I get: "The connection was reset The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading. * The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments. * If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network connection. * If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web." -- Peter Bennett, VE7CEI peterbb4 (at) interchange.ubc.ca GPS and NMEA info: http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter Vancouver Power Squadron: http://vancouver.powersquadron.ca
From: Jim Thompson on 3 Aug 2010 20:59 On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:43:23 -0700, Peter Bennett <peterbb(a)somewhere.invalid> wrote: >On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:53:04 -0700, John Larkin ><jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > > > >>I never intended to make this difficult. I just asked my ISP to give >>me a place to post files. I haven't ever had problems accessing this >>or other peoples' FTP sites using Firefox. >> >>It also shows up as ftp://66.117.156.8/ >> >>I don't know much about this stuff. If there are any settings my ISP >>could change to simplify access, please let me know. >> >>My cabin automation system bounces status and control files through >>this FTP site; see CABIN.TXT, which is updated once a minute by a >>netbook PC in the ski boot closet. >> >>ftp://66.117.156.8/CABIN.TXT >>ftp://66.117.156.8/Auto_wired.jpg >> >>I wrote the code in PowerBasic, shelling out to the Windows 'ftp' >>command here and there. >> >>Note that Truckee is, in the summer, usually the coldest town in >>California, and often the coldest in the country. It hit 32F last >>night, when San Francisco only got down to the low 50's. It's 53F here >>right now. >> >>John > >For all of those URLs I get: > >"The connection was reset > >The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading. > > * The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try >again in a few moments. > > * If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's >network connection. > > * If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or >proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web." Peter, I suspect you have a setting issue on your end. I'm using Firefox v3.6.8, and each of those pages pops up almost instantaneously. Are you inside a company where some IT personnel (the oxymoron of all oxymoroons :-) have fiddle-farted with _your_ firewall? ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | Phoenix, AZ, a city noted for many civic-oriented inventions such as automated garbage collection, has added a new tool to its Fire Department safety equipment... addressing problems with accidents involving so-called Smart Cars: A Hydraulically Assisted Spatula.
From: David Eather on 6 Aug 2010 18:22
On 4/08/2010 10:43 AM, Peter Bennett wrote: > On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:53:04 -0700, John Larkin > <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > > > >> I never intended to make this difficult. I just asked my ISP to give >> me a place to post files. I haven't ever had problems accessing this >> or other peoples' FTP sites using Firefox. >> >> It also shows up as ftp://66.117.156.8/ >> >> I don't know much about this stuff. If there are any settings my ISP >> could change to simplify access, please let me know. >> >> My cabin automation system bounces status and control files through >> this FTP site; see CABIN.TXT, which is updated once a minute by a >> netbook PC in the ski boot closet. >> >> ftp://66.117.156.8/CABIN.TXT >> ftp://66.117.156.8/Auto_wired.jpg >> >> I wrote the code in PowerBasic, shelling out to the Windows 'ftp' >> command here and there. >> >> Note that Truckee is, in the summer, usually the coldest town in >> California, and often the coldest in the country. It hit 32F last >> night, when San Francisco only got down to the low 50's. It's 53F here >> right now. >> >> John > > For all of those URLs I get: > > "The connection was reset > > The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading. > > * The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try > again in a few moments. > > * If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's > network connection. > > * If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or > proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web." > > I get *exactly* the same |