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Hi- > Full Name: Trygve Aspenes > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: Norwegian Meteorological Institute > Package Version: 2.5 build date:2008-05-08 07:05 UTC > Operating System: Linux > Hardware: Java: home: /home/trygveas/IDV_2.5/jre version: 1.5.0_11 j3d:1.3.1 > Description of problem: Connecting to server:adde.ucar.edu > Connection refused > > Above is the error message I receive. Im not sure Im allowed to connect since > Im not in a > .edu domain. There is no restriction on the server to .edu addresses, so I suspect it is a firewall issue. What dataset were you trying to access? > Can you give me a hint what the problem might be? I also suspect our > firewall, but I also tired > at my home computer with the same failure. Ports 112 (ADDE) and 8080 (THREDDS) need to be accessible through the firewall. Can you access any of the other servers (e.g. adde.cise-nsf.gov)? Don Murray > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused > at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method) > at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:333) > at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:195) > at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:182) > at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:366) > at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:519) > at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:469) > at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:366) > at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:179) > at > edu.wisc.ssec.mcidas.adde.AddeURLConnection.connect(AddeURLConnection.java:618) > at > edu.wisc.ssec.mcidas.adde.AddeURLConnection.getInputStream(AddeURLConnection.java:786) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.adde.AddeChooser.checkIfServerIsOk(AddeChooser.java:1168) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.adde.AddeChooser.canAccessServer(AddeChooser.java:1211) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.adde.AddeImageChooser.connectToServer(AddeImageChooser.java:778) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.adde.AddeImageChooser.handleConnect(AddeImageChooser.java:613) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.adde.AddeChooser.handleConnectFromThread(AddeChooser.java:600) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) > at > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:990) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1018) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: ERK-217946 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open