From: John Platte Date: 2003-06-20T00:17:17+09:00 Subject: Re: TCP/IP protocol and Net::HTTP Both our systems: * Mac OS X 10.2.6 / ruby 1.6.7 (2002-03-01) [powerpc-darwin6.0] * Red Hat Linux 8.0 / ruby 1.6.8 (2002-12-24) [i686-linux] fail this with a timeout. We have a crummy satellite connection through DirecTV, but then performing the same request in the web browser yields the page you mentioned. On Thursday, Jun 19, 2003, at 07:08 America/Chicago, Nigel Gilbert wrote: > I am beginning to wonder if this problem arises from the MacOS X > implementation of ruby. Those who have tried to reproduce the problem > (thanks to you all) have had no difficulty accessing doubleclick from > Linux and I have also succeeded with a Solaris implementation at my > university (could someone try it on Windows?) > > On the other hand, I get the timeout error on MacOS X both at home > (with a cable modem connection) and at my university (with a direct > connection to the internet). > > If there is someone out there using MacOSX, could you try it and see > whether this theory is correct?... -- John Platte Principal Consultant, NIKA Consulting http://nikaconsulting.com/