[Bioperl-l] Bio_Tools_Run_RemoteBlast error: 500 Can't connect to www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80

Fri Jul 18 18:13:19 UTC 2008

On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 19:52, Alicia Amadoz <Alicia.Amadoz at uv.es> wrote:
> From my server,
>
>> ping www.google.com
> PING www.l.google.com (74.125.39.147) 56(84) bytes of data.
> 64 bytes from fx-in-f147.google.com (74.125.39.147): icmp_seq=1 ttl=242 time=41.7 ms
> 64 bytes from fx-in-f147.google.com (74.125.39.147): icmp_seq=2 ttl=242 time=41.9 ms
> 64 bytes from fx-in-f147.google.com (74.125.39.147): icmp_seq=3 ttl=242 time=41.7 ms
> 64 bytes from fx-in-f147.google.com (74.125.39.147): icmp_seq=4 ttl=242 time=41.8 ms
> 64 bytes from fx-in-f147.google.com (74.125.39.147): icmp_seq=5 ttl=242 time=41.6 ms
> 64 bytes from fx-in-f147.google.com (74.125.39.147): icmp_seq=6 ttl=242 time=41.7 ms

perfect

> So, do you think I should change some network configuration of my server or is it a problem
> only related to www.ncbi.nih.gov?? I think is the later but then, how can I manage to run my
> script at my server?

Your network configuration looks good.

The error is

500 Can't connect to www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80 (Bad hostname
'www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov')

Do you have a browser on your server? Can you reach www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov?

Or for security reasons you can test this on the console with

telnet www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 80

If it's okay this should appear

$ telnet www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 80
Trying 130.14.29.110...
Connected to www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.
Escape character is '^]'.

If this appears www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov is reachable and i don't know
where the error comes from.

I wonder myself who produces this output anyway

<HTML>
<HEAD><TITLE>An Error Occurred</TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY>
<H1>An Error Occurred</H1>
500 Can't connect to www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80 (Bad hostname
'www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov')
</BODY>
</HTML>

Is it bioperl or the ncbi server?

Martin

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