Check the ip address from javashoplm.sun.com from all three sites... you might be getting a bad DNS response
On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 18:44:17 -0700 Tim Hammerquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So after hearing an interesting comparison of Linux vs. Solaris > x86, I've decided to throw it on an old PC I have laying around. > I go to Sun's site and _actually_ manage to navigate to the > section where you can download the ISO images. Then I'm blocked > by a popup telling me the connection to 'javashoplm.sun.com' has > timed out. This has continued for 3 days and each time the > behavior is identical. pinging the site works fine, opening any > sort of connection on port 80 hangs and then times out. > > Double-checking, I do the same from two separate remote hosts, > one SunOS in Fallon, NV, one Red Hat in Spokane, WA. The > connections work on BOTH and I can even complete a simple HTTP > transaction using `telnet javashoplm.sun.com 80`. > > I can find no rules in my firewall disrupting any traffic on > dport 80, and name resolution works correctly; the correct IP is > pinged on all machines. > > The download FAQ at sun.com tells talks about 404 errors (for > which I'd have to complete an HTTP transaction to receive), and > insists using the Sun Download Manager (which, surprise, also > requires a connection to the aforementioned javashoplm site). > > Do any of you guys know what's going on? Does anyone else have > the same behavior I describe? > > TIA, > Tim Hammerquist > -- > I like swords. > -- Fighter, 8-bit Theatre <http://nuklearpower.com/> > _______________________________________________ > RLUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug > _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
