[mythtv-users] Anyone having problems connecting to Zap2it/Datadirect?

Azmat azmat.hussain at gmail.com
Fri May 18 03:55:22 UTC 2007


Wow, something is definitely up with my router settings.  I tried
everything you suggested and nothing worked.  Then I plugged my
mythbox directly into my cable modem and then I could download
listings again!  Its really weird that no other websites are affected.
 I think I remember changing some router settings a few weeks back
when I added a wireless camera to the network.  I probably messed up
something at that time.  Thanks again for all your help.

On 5/16/07, Douglas Wagner <douglasw0 at gmail.com> wrote:
> First things first, i'd go into your firewall/router and set your Myth box
> to DMZ.  Yes, this is dangerous but we're only keeping it there for a few
> minutes.  At that point, go ahead and try mythfilldatabase to see if you can
> grab data.  If you do grab data, you've got some kind of problem with your
> firewall.  For the purpose of this message I'll assume you can't get data in
> this method.
>
> Next lets try a traceroute to
> datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com from work in St. Louis I
> get the following Trace:
>
> M:\>tracert datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com
>
> Tracing route to datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com
> [206.18.98.160]
> over a maximum of 30 hops:
>
>   1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  10.3.81.254
>   2    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  172.16.0.254
>   3     1 ms     1 ms     1 ms  <internal Router> [ 10.3.254.254]
>   4    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  <external Gateway> [External IP]
>   5     2 ms     2 ms     2 ms  209.176.175.198
>    6     2 ms     2 ms     2 ms  209.176.175.197
>   7     8 ms     8 ms     8 ms
> acr1-at-2-3-0-970.chicago.savvis.net [208.172.1 .
> 137]
>   8     8 ms    10 ms     8 ms
> dcr1-so-1-3-0.chicago.savvis.net [208.172.3.53]
>
>   9     9 ms     8 ms    13 ms  savvis-gw.cgcil02ck4.ip.att.net
> [208.175.10.94]
>
>  10     9 ms    11 ms     9 ms  tbr1.cgcil.ip.att.net [ 12.123.6.66]
>  11     9 ms     8 ms     8 ms  12.122.99.13
>  12    13 ms    21 ms    17 ms  12-122-254-50.attens.net [ 12.122.254.50]
>  13    11 ms    11 ms    10 ms
> mdf1-bi8k-1-eth-2-2.chi1.attens.net [63.240.128.
> 186]
>  14     *        *        *     Request timed out.
>  15     *     ^C
>
> Apologies for blanking our IPs here at work..:)
>
> As we can see, we can't Trace all the way down to datadirect's network, but
> we can get as far as mdf1-bi8k-1-eth-2-2.chi1.attens.net
> before someone turned off ping requests.  I'll make the assumption that this
> is the link into datadirect's ISP and that it's their ISP (or themselves)
> that have ping returns turned off.  Run a traceroute on your box and make
> sure you can get at least to this point in the path.  My guess is, you
> can't.
>
> Next try http directly to http://206.18.98.160/ (this rules out any issues
> with DNS Name resolution)
>
> Should get the following:
> HTTP Status 404 - /________________________________
>
>
> type Status report
>
> message /
>
> description The requested resource (/) is not
> available.________________________________
>
> Apache Tomcat/5.5.17If you STILL cannot get to the page and still cannot
> pinpoint an error (box is in the DMZ, trace goes through, HTTP to IP address
> fails) i'm unsure where to have you go next.
>
> --Douglas Wagner
>
>
>
> On 5/16/07, Rich West <Rich.West at wesmo.com> wrote:
> > Azmat wrote:
> > >
> > > On 5/16/07, David George <david at thegeorges.us> wrote:
> > >
> > >> On 05/16/2007 11:57 AM, Azmat wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Hi,
> > >>>
> > >>> Recently I've been unable to connect to Zap2it from my mythtv box.  I
> > >>> have an account and it is currently active.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >> <snip>
> > >>
> > >>> 2007-05-16 08:43:58.990 Grabbing listing data
> > >>> --08:43:58--
> http://datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com/tvlistings/xtvdService
> > >>>            => `-'
> > >>> Resolving datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com...
> 206.18.98.160
> > >>> Connecting to
> datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com|206.18.98.160|:80...failed:
> > >>> Connection timed out.
> > >>> Retrying.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >> Connection timed out is usually a firewall issue.  Can your myth box
> > >> reach the internet on port 80?  Did you change anything in your
> firewall
> > >> config a couple of weeks ago?  I just checked and my box just grabbed
> > >> datadirect listings about an hour ago so zap2it appears to be working
> fine.
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> David
> > > Thanks for the advice.  It appears however that I'm already trying to
> > > connect to the zap2it site on port 80 as I indicated from my
> > > mythfilldatabase output:
> > > Connecting to
> datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com|206.18.98.160|:80...
> > > failed: Connection timed out.
> > > Retrying.
> > >
> > > If I point my browser to http://labs.zap2it.com:80, there is still no
> > > effect.  Also, I can connect to any other site on the internet, except
> > > those owned by zap2it (zap2it.com, tvlistings.com).
> > >
> > > However, I can connect to these sites from my windows laptop connected
> > > to the same network.  The only difference is that my laptop is
> > > wireless and my mythbox is wired.  I am behind my router's firewall,
> > > but if my router setting were off, wouldn't I be blocked from more
> > > websites and from both computers?
> > >
> > > I checked my mythbox and the software firewall and SELinux are both
> > > disabled.  I'm running Fedora Core 5 (sorry for not mentioning that
> > > earlier).
> > >
> > > Thanks again for the help.
> >
> >
> > Actually, pointing to labs.zap2it.com is different than what the grabber
> > does.  It points to datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com.
> The best test
> > would be to try hitting
> http://datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com from
> > your other hosts (you should get an Apache Tomcat 404 error page).
> >
> > Like the previous poster, I had no problems connecting, either.  It
> > sounds like a local issue, like routing, firewall, or something is
> cached..
> >
> > -Rich
> >
> >
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