From: Rich Kilmer <rich@...>
Date: 2001-10-07T06:27:07+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:22171] Re: dRuby, Linux and ports

try replacing druby://localhost:9000 with druby://<ipaddress>:<port>

ruby has an option when opening a server socket to bind to a single address or all addresses.

it may help,

rich

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Tomson [mailto:ptkwt@shell1.aracnet.com]
> Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2001 5:22 PM
> To: ruby-talk ML; undisclosed-recipients:
> Subject: [ruby-talk:22170] Re: dRuby, Linux and ports
> 
> 
> In article <01100622554113.00793@linux>,
> Armin Roehrl  <armin@approximity.com> wrote:
> >hi,
> >	it works on my machine(s).
> >What port are you using?
> 
> I've tried several - 7777, 9876, even killed apache and ran on 
> port 80 (as 
> root).
> 
> >If you want me to try it, email me the code.
> >
> >Try this: -- i.e. on port 9000 (try sth. > 1024)
> >1st try it on the same machine (localhost)
> >then replace localhost by whatever the name(s) are.
> >server:
> >
> 
> Yes, I'm essentially running the same code you include here (very 
> similar).  What I find is that I can run client and server on the same 
> machine (localhost) but I cannot run client and server on different 
> machines.
> 
> I even killed apache and then used port 80 (as root) 
> because I know that I can get to the machine running apache from the 
> other machines.  No luck,though.  When I use the Ruby server on port 80 I 
> still get 'Connection Refused'.  I even tried the simple web server on 
> page 478 of the Pickaxe book and I cannot get to it from a remote 
> machine, 
> but I can get to it on the same machine the server runs on.  It's quite 
> mysterious, I don't understand what apache is doing differntly from my 
> server (why can I get to port 80 from a remote machine when apache runs, 
> but not when my druby server runs?).  I'm stumped.
> 
> Phil
> 
> 
> >require 'drb'
> >class TestServer
> >  def doit
> >    "Hello, Distributed Ruby World"
> >  end
> >end
> >aServerObject = TestServer.new
> >DRb.start_service('druby://localhost:9000',
> >  aServerObject)
> >DRb.thread.join
> >
> >client:
> >require 'drb'
> >DRb.start_service()
> >obj = DRbObject.new(nil,
> >  'druby://localhost:9000')
> >p obj.doit
> >
> >
> >Ciao,
> >	A
> >On Saturday 06 October 2001 21:42, you wrote:
> >> Has anyone gotten dRuby working on a Linux network?
> >> What I'm finding is that I always get a "Connection Refused" exception.
> >> I'm thinking that this is due to ports being blocked.  I've 
> tried turning
> >> off all firewalling, but it didn't help.  Has anyone had this 
> problem on a
> >> Linux network?  Previously, I had dRuby working on a Windows network at
> >> work - I suspect this is because the various Windows varients 
> have fairly
> >> lax security.
> >>
> >> I've got three PCs:
> >> 1) Runs Mandrake 8.1
> >> 2) Runs Progeny Linux 1.0
> >> 3) Runs Mandrake 7.1
> >>
> >> Any ideas?
> >>
> >> Phil
> >
> >-- 
> >Armin.
> >
> >-----------------------------------------------
> >Armin Roehrl, http://www.approximity.com
> >public-key: http://www.approximity.com/pgp/armin_roehrl.pgp
> >
> >"The best way to predict the future is to invent it."
> >                                          --Alan Kay
> >
> >
> 
> 
>