[Coco] DW and 6551

[Tormod Volden]

On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 6:44 AM, Stephen H. Fischer wrote:
> Interesting.
>
> I have started to wonder if Halted has black listed Earthlink. Is your ISP in the Earthlink family?

No, I am on the other side of the pond.

I have the same problem on Windows 7 so it is definitely not OS
related. Connected via my company VPN it works. I can ping their
server without problem, but telnet doesn't connect.

Tormod


>
> SHF
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tormod Volden" <lists.tormod at gmail.com>
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2015 11:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] DW and 6551
>
>
>> On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 4:07 AM, Stephen H. Fische wrote:
>>> This sounds like a good plan, I just saved the router settings.
>>>
>>> The router has been running 24/7/365 for many years ever since it was plugged in.
>>>
>>> Yes I have a backup router but where is it. The termites moved ~ 40 boxes around and I cannot find lots of things.
>>>
>>> I am going to try some other tests and look for a time period to do the factory reset.
>>>
>>> That is the only web page I have seen any problems with.
>>
>> I can confirm that there is something fishy about that web page "where
>> the internet comes to a halt". I cannot reach it from my home network,
>> on neither Linux, Android nor Symbian. I can get it using Opera on the
>> latter, probably because it goes via Opera's compression service. Only
>> by connecting via my 3G provider I can get it on the "normal" web
>> browser.
>>
>>>
>>> Is TCP 80 the normal port to use?
>>
>> Yes, that is the standard HTTP (unsecured) port. Many sites use HTTPS,
>> on port 443.
>>
>> Tormod