[libRETS-users] Getting "curl error #7 (couldn't connect toserver)" error from live web server (but not localhost)

[Dave Dribin]

On Jan 3, 2007, at 11:34 PM, <Tech at ZolMedia.com> wrote:
> I know that the server name and port are correct because they work  
> when run
> from http://localhost. They just don't work when run from the live  
> server.

Sounds like a firewall issue, to me.

> Not sure what Wireshark is, but I assume you have to install and  
> run it on
> the web server with the problem, right?  I can't do that on the  
> live web
> server because it's a remote shared host.

Yes, it's something you would run on the same machine that the  
librets code is running on.

> Would I also get this error if the shared host was blocking outgoing
> connections?

It's a possibility.  It all depends on how the intermediate firewalls  
are setup.  Is this shared host Windows or Unix-based?

-Dave