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> Full Name: Jacob Wolf > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: Idaho Department of Environmental Quality > Package Version: 4.0 build date:2013-03-07 17:58 UTC > Operating System: Linux > Hardware: Java: home: /home/Jwolf/IDV_4.0/jre version: 1.6.0_41 j3d:1.3.1 > Description of problem: Updating sounding data > Error opening connection: java.net.UnknownHostException: airmet: airmet > > -- > I am trying to access the Observations and Satellite data and I cannot > connect to any of the available servers. My IT group says that both 8080 and > 112 should be open. > > I am using CentOS 6 as my OS. Any help is appreciated. > > Thank you in advance, > > Jacob Jacob, The exception does indicate some firewall issue, if this is a laptop, you can test it outside your office environment. Yuan > > ****************** > Stack trace: > edu.wisc.ssec.mcidas.adde.AddeException: Error opening connection: > java.net.UnknownHostException: airmet: airmet > at > edu.wisc.ssec.mcidas.adde.AddePointDataReader.<init>(AddePointDataReader.java:165) > at > ucar.unidata.data.sounding.AddeSoundingAdapter.loadStationsInner(AddeSoundingAdapter.java:438) > at > ucar.unidata.data.sounding.AddeSoundingAdapter.loadStations(AddeSoundingAdapter.java:388) > at > ucar.unidata.data.sounding.AddeSoundingAdapter.init(AddeSoundingAdapter.java:306) > at > ucar.unidata.data.sounding.AddeSoundingAdapter.<init>(AddeSoundingAdapter.java:260) > at > ucar.unidata.view.sounding.SoundingSelector$8.run(SoundingSelector.java:665) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1249) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: KOC-628144 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed