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Hi Kip- > No, I cannot connect to other servers because they are blocked by the > firewall. However, the firewall does not appear to be stopping communication > between our computer and the server at stratus.al.noaa.gov. Our IT folks are > still trying to determine what is causing the error. Here's some info to pass along to your IT folks. The ADDE protocol makes a request to the remote server to port 112. However, the return from the remote server comes back on a random local socket port. From your stack traces it looks like the return from the server is being blocked by the firewall. Don -----Original Message----- > From: Unidata IDV Support [mailto:address@hidden] > Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 6:58 PM > To: address@hidden > Cc: address@hidden; Smith, Kip > Subject: [IDV #GKH-525804]: problelms accessing data on noaa server > > Hi Kip- > > This is Don. > > > I spoke with our IT guy and he says there have been no changes to the > > Firewall or security settings here. I also downloaded the latest version of > > IDV, 2.6, and the result is the same as before. > > > > Did something change with server? Are they restricting access? > > We are not aware of any restrictions, but are looking into it. > Can you connect to other servers (e.g. adde.ucar.edu)? > > Don Murray > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Unidata IDV Support [mailto:address@hidden] > > Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 12:47 PM > > To: address@hidden > > Cc: address@hidden; Smith, Kip > > Subject: [IDV #GKH-525804]: problelms accessing data on noaa server > > > > > Jeff: > > > > > > The server is: > > > > > > stratus.al.noaa.gov > > > > > > We have not been able to get GINIWEST imagery for over a week now. > > > > > > When I try and access the server manually, below is what happens: > > > > > > > Hi Kip, > > I can read both the giniwest imagery and metars from that server (see > > attached bundle file). > > > > Before we go any further let's make sure its not something on the IDV's end. > > We just made a new release a couple of weeks ago. Why don't you download it > > and try again: > > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/downloads/idv/current/index.jsp > > > > -Jeff > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: GKH-525804 > > Department: Support IDV > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Open > > > > > Ticket Details > =================== > Ticket ID: GKH-525804 > Department: Support IDV > Priority: Emergency > Status: Open > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: GKH-525804 Department: Support IDV Priority: Emergency Status: Open