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Hi Wesley, re:Hi, we have been unable to retrieve CRAFT/FSL2/FSL3 data from idd.unidata.ucar.edu > since 00Z 5 May 2013. We were able to push EXP data from that period. > We are going to upgrade to LDM 6.11.4 to see if that helps. Upgrading your LDM installation should have no effect on this. re: > Are we being blocked at IDD? No. We have not instituted any blocks from the toplevel IDD relay node, idd.unidata.ucar.edu, recently. re: > Our old info is: > > edu.ttu.dhcp wn035.dhcp.ttu.edu [6.0.14] > > This is the new install: > edu.ttu.wind wedgefest.wind.ttu.edu [6.11.4] The problem is that neither your old machine, wn035.dhcp.ttu.edu, nor the new one, wedgefest.wind.ttu.edu, have DNS setup for them. The following demonstrates this: % nslookup wn035.dhcp.ttu.edu Server: laraine.unidata.ucar.edu Address: 128.117.140.62 *** laraine.unidata.ucar.edu can't find wn035.dhcp.ttu.edu: Non-existent host/domain % nslookup wedgefest.wind.ttu.edu Server: laraine.unidata.ucar.edu Address: 128.117.140.62 Non-authoritative answer: Name: wnnh002.wind.ttu.edu Address: 129.118.105.23 Aliases: wedgefest.wind.ttu.edu /home/yoksas% nslookup 129.118.105.23 Server: laraine.unidata.ucar.edu Address: 128.117.140.62 *** laraine.unidata.ucar.edu can't find 129.118.105.23: Non-existent host/domain In the first case (for wn035.dhcp.ttu.edu), we are unable to do a name -> IP lookup. In the second, name -> IP exists, but the reverse, IP -> name, does not. The ability to do IP -> name lookups is what is needed by the LDM since it needs this to verify ALLOWs in ~ldm/etc/ldmd.conf. re: > Other sites at Texas Tech that are working: > > edu.ttu.hpcc realtime.hpcc.ttu.edu [6.10.1] I do not think that LDM REQUESTs from realtime.hpcc.ttu.edu to any machine in the unidata.ucar.edu (or more general ucar.edu) domain since it also does not have DNS that provides for IP -> name lookup. re: > edu.ttu.tosm meso-file1.tosm.ttu.edu [6.11.0] There is forward and reverse DNS for meso-file1.tosm.ttu.edu, so it should be able to REQUEST from idd.unidata.ucar.edu. You can test this as follows: <login to meso-file1.tosm.ttu.edu as 'ldm'> notifyme -vl- -f ANY -h idd.unidata.ucar.edu This should show that the 'notifyme' REQUEST is honored. Please check with your department/college/university network folks to get DNS for your machine(s) fully setup. As soon as it is, your LDM REQUEST(s) will be ALLOWed by idd.unidata.ucar.edu. Cheers, Tom -- **************************************************************************** Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program (303) 497-8642 P.O. Box 3000 address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unidata HomePage http://www.unidata.ucar.edu **************************************************************************** Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: CUD-113856 Department: Support LDM Priority: Normal Status: Closed