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Re: Unable to connect via NNTP
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lugnet.admin.nntp
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Date:
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Sun, 31 Mar 2002 17:29:10 GMT
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"Chris Magno" <cmagno@rogers.com> wrote in message
news:3CA72DAA.842705D5@rogers.com...
> > It does
> > connect, eventually, but takes about a minute or two. My guess is that
> > it's trying to do an auth request to my machine, but my firewall is
> > blocking the request, causing the server to time out. Just curious -
> > are you behind a firewall?
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> Yes, I am behind a "NAT box" server. I have the same symptoms as you.
> NNTP will eventually connect. If i scan through the messages I have no
> problem (once in the system) but If I take too long to read one message
> I have to wait all over again to get to the next message.
I'm pretty sure it's not a server problem - I get very quick connections and
downloads both from home on ADSL with Outpost as my firewall and at work on
a 2Mbps leased line with a PIX. Have any of you tried running a traceroute
(tracert at the commandline on Windows) to see if there is a router delay
somewhere or if there are a lot of hops between you and the Lugnet server?
Dan
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| (...) I just did a quick tracert to news.lugnet.com and all seemed well. it took about 14 hops with an average time of about 40 ms between jumps. Sorry, I do not know how to cut and paste from a dos prompt. :( I will happily do any other diagnostics (...) (24 years ago, 1-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| (...) Yes, I am behind a "NAT box" server. I have the same symptoms as you. NNTP will eventually connect. If i scan through the messages I have no problem (once in the system) but If I take too long to read one message I have to wait all over again (...) (24 years ago, 31-Mar-02, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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