Unable to download anything

[Draco3]

I am running IE7 and also have Firefox installed.  I have attempted to download some of the files available via the website, and keep getting timeouts.

I have even gone to the effort of making this site a "Trusted Site" for IE and still to no avail.  I keep getting timeouts when trying to download the files.

I have tried turning off my firewall and found that the website then prompts for an FTP login to access the files.

Firefox just times out.  I am in Western Australia, so not sure if this is happening because the server is kaput or being backed up.  I know if I go to work in the morning and use IE6 there (which has a proxy firewall) I can download the files without a problem.  

Is the server backing up at the times I am trying to download it??  I am writing this message at 5:03pm Western Australian / Australia time.  Any help would be appreciated as there are a couple of planes that I would really like to fly.

[Fozzer]

Do you have problems with any other Site you log on to...?

If so, your own Service Provider may be experiencing problems, or temporarily upgrading......"Try again later".

Paul...G-BPLF... 8-)...!

[Draco3]

Hey thanks for the reply there Paul.

No I do not have any problems with accessing any other sites.  I have accessed various other Flight Sim websites that have downloads available and they all work perfectly fine.  In fact at one point I was downloading about 8 files at once from another website.  So it's not the PC or my ISP.

[pete]

Hi,
Sorry you're having trouble.

You haven't said if you've been through some likely causes mientioned here

Occasionally we've been having record levels of downloading and the ftp connections (free area) have been timing out for some. I can see there are always a ton of ftp downloads going on so it IS just for some. Generally, after some recent work (reboot ,  the servers have been coping well.

I've just tried myself & it seems to be working fine for me on a dsl connecting to the ftp downloads.

If you have continued problems please get back here & let me know as much as you can & I will try to help further.



Please also note you are restricted to 2 connections at one time - so that may also be a factor.  ;). (All major FS sites restrict free access simply because it is unviable to have unlimited access to files and we could simply not exist if we did)

[Draco3]

Hi Pete,

Thanks for the response.  I have now checked this today and using the tips on getting downloads have compiled the following.  Basically I just can not get access to download anything at all.

Web Browser
* Using IE7 with browser settings set low, privacy set to low and the website set as a "Trusted Source", pop-up blockers disabled

* Using Firefox

Firewalls
* Windows firewall not running, security centre turned off.
* Added server IP to allow traffic at all times
* Have turned off firewall as well

No Download Manager software running
No Opera Browser installed
Not running through a Proxy server at home - works fine on my work proxy server

Machine is cold booted everyday

Ran a tracert on www.simviation.com with a full trace all the way back to the server with no problems

Tracing route to www.simviation.com [205.252.250.27]

over a maximum of 30 hops:



 1  1489 ms     2 ms     2 ms  www.routerlogin.com
 2    50 ms    23 ms    23 ms  lo0.rba-7206-c.wa.amnet.net.au
 3   132 ms    23 ms    24 ms  
 4    37 ms    23 ms    23 ms  ge0-2.br01.wa.amnet.net.au
 5   125 ms    29 ms    25 ms  Vlan229.O6SSC76FE.optus.net.au
 6   237 ms   251 ms   181 ms  ge-1-1-4-0.sngtp-dr1.ix.singtel.com
 7   183 ms   184 ms   181 ms  ge-0-1-0-0.sngtp-ar6.ix.singtel.com [203.208.154.9]
 8   212 ms   184 ms   183 ms  ge-1-1-0-0.sngtp-dr1.ix.singtel.com [203.208.149.166]
 9   181 ms   181 ms   181 ms  ge-1-0-0-0.sngc3-dr1.ix.singtel.com [203.208.173.134]
10   181 ms   209 ms   181 ms  ge-5-0-0-0.sngc3-ar4.ix.singtel.com [203.208.149.149]
11   195 ms   302 ms   196 ms  so-4-1-3-0.hkgcw-cr2.ix.singtel.com [203.208.182.70]
12   382 ms   275 ms   290 ms  ge5-13.br01.hkg04.pccwbtn.net [63.218.115.49]
13   350 ms   409 ms   357 ms  simviation.com [205.252.250.27]

Trace complete.  (note removed some of the IP addresses referencing my IP).

I did however run a pathping to the server and there is a 100% failure at once hop.  Looks like the problem might possibly be the hosting site for simviation??

[Draco3]

I connected my girlfriend's computer to my network and again attempted to download the files, this time with success.  The only difference that I can see here is that her machine is running IE6.  It works fine with Internet Explorer 6 as I am able to download a file finally.

Obviously something with my workstation not allowing it to download any files from Simviation at all.

[Draco3]

On further investigation of my PC to see what was causing the issue, I found that the Microsoft Firewall on my workstation had re-enabled itself after I had turned off "security centre" and also disabled it from running altogether so that I am able to use my own solutions.

Thanks for the help Pete and everyone else, now I just have to go find a way to permanently remove MS Firewall from starting itself, even though it's been set not to.  I am so annoyed at the moment.  

[Fozzer]

Draco......!

As an alternative to using the sometimes troublesome IE6/IE7, have you thought about using Mozilla Firefox as your alternative Trusty Browser instead... ...!

(Many of the Folks here, do)... ... ...!

Paul...Firing a Fox... ...!

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/la ... MAodjX8yYw

[Draco3]

Hi Fozzer,

Not sure if you saw that I had tried Firefox as well with the same problems.  So far IE7 hasn't caused me many problems and I prefer it to Firefox.  I did use Firefox for quite sometime but found it lacking in certain areas so moved back to IE.  

[Fozzer]

Hello Draco...

Sorry Mate,...

Didn't notice that... ...!

What I do, when Computer problems occur, is to switch the Computer off, and go Fly Fishing instead...

...cures the problem immediately...

...and is much less stressful... ...!

Trust me......!

Paul... .... .... ....!

...have you considered the problem may be due to all those 'Roos, Rabbits, and poisonous Spiders and Snakes you've got "Down Under"?...LOL... ...!

[Draco3]

No problems Fozzer, but as my job is working with computers, if a computer problem does occur then I need to find out what has caused it, why it broke and how to stop it from happening again.

[ThatGuy]

I too am having this problem. It started two months ago for no aparent reason! I'm running IE6, tried fire fox, changed zone alarm stuff, basically the whole list of things on the access problems page...nothing worked

Any Ideas?

[ThatGuy]

I can download at every site but here, and it started only two months ago! Please, does anyone know what I can do?

[pete]

I can download at every site but here, and it started only two months ago! Please, does anyone know what I can do?

Hi, Can you be specific about what is happening & maybe provide a screenshot of a specific incidence?

You need to be sure you have tried all the suggestions here. By far the most common cause is the latest IE  browser (still waiting on a reason). If it doesn't work with Firefox either you need to think of all the software you have running that can effect internet connections.

I am eager to help you resolve this so the more info you can give the better.

[ThatGuy]

Read the post just above my last one, it is also mine (sorry for double posting)
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