From: James Britt <james.britt@...>
Date: 2006-06-25T14:51:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Weird Net::HTTP error

Ben Johnson wrote:
> You can copy and paste this in irb, but...this is a really strange 
> problem. If ssh into my server in Oregon and paste the following code in 
> irb it works just fine. If I ssh in one of my servers in Boston and 
> paste the same code in irb I get a connection refused error. Any idea 
> why this is happening?


*Exact* same OS and configuration on both machines? Exact same Ruby 
version?  Firewalls? Routers? DNS stuff?

Can you shell in and connect from the CLI to the target Web site  using 
lynx or wget?


-- 
James Britt

"Discover the recipes you are using and abandon them."
  - Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt, Oblique Strategies