Marco Klunder wrote:Thanks all,
It looks like there is a (wrong) firewall setting on my computer.
For a moment diabling it, I managed to checkout/update from sourceforge again.
However that's NOT what I want of course, so the firewall is activated again.
Now looking for the reason which firewall setting prevents this ?
Marco
Marco,
an active firewall is supposed to act like a (semi-transparent) WALL unless you "drill certain holes" into it. How the drilling works in practice depends somewhat on the specific firewall. ADSL Routers usually offer (hardware) firewalls, Windows, Linux or virus protection software offer (software) firewalls etc.
Normally there is a list where you can enter the "holes" you want to drill: e.g.
port numbers, devices or certain application names. Since initially the blocking concerns anything that might want to enter from the internet to your computer, you would have to list e.g. the Secure Shell (ssh) if you want to use it for communication with the SF server. Another standard example is a HTTP-server (from which you might want to download something onto your machine). Here the standard port number that one enters into the exception list is 80.
Often in a given installation there are
several firewalls available that might be activated by default (e.g. the Windows and virus protection firewalls as well as a firewall in your router. They can have adverse effects on each other, if incorrectly configured. I always activate only ONE firewall. Namely the fastest one which is usually the hardware firewall in the router. However, if you travel a lot and take a laptop along, then you must NOT forget to activate either the firewall of the laptop's OS or the one from your virus protection software. But usually not both.
Fridger
