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Date:	Tue, 31 Aug 2004 11:55:28 -0400
To:	"David Shay" <david AT shay DOT net>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From:	Larry Hall <lh-no-personal-replies-please AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	Re: setup 2.427 problem: Can't get list of download sites
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At 11:41 AM 8/31/2004, you wrote:
>I previously had cygwin installed, but had not used it for a few weeks.  I
>tried to run an rsync shell script and it continued to fail with a
>"connection refused" message.  In continuing to diagnose the problem, I ran
>an ethereal trace and noticed that absolutely no traffic (other than a DNS
>lookup) was being generated by the rsync command.
>
>I decided to delete my entire cygwin installation and re-install just to
>confirm that nothing was corrupted.  I downloaded the latest setup.exe from
>cygwin.com.  When I run the setup program, and choose "Direct connection"
>(which I am), I get the error message "Can't get list of download sites.
>Make sure your network settings are correct and try again".
>
>Once again, I ran an Ethereal trace, and I am getting NO outbound network
>traffic at all generated by setup.
>
>I am running Windows XP Service Pack 1.  I do NOT have the Windows XP
>firewall active.  I am NOT running any other firewall such as Zone Alarm,
>etc.
>
>Any idea what to check in network setup?
>
>Other things I have tried include:
>
>*  netsh int ip reset resetlog.txt
>*  Starting in safe mode, going into device manager and deleting my network
>adapters.  This causes them to get reinstalled, just to verify that the
>network configuration is "fresh".
>
>I am about out of ideas here.  I am having no other issues with the PC in
>terms of network connectivity.  All Windows-based (non-cygwin) programs
>behave as designed.  If I download *any* cygwin program, for instance, there
>is the "bundled" version of rsync and cygwin (cwrsync) available, it does
>not behave properly and access the network appropriately.


And do the programs that work connect directly or do they use IE settings?
FWIW, 'setup.exe' does not use 'cygwin1.dll' so it's not simply a problem 
with "Cygwin" programs.


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