Re: st: Connecting to Internet

[George Shoukry <gshoukry@gmail.com>]

Thanks for your suggestions. I can't reach any website from Stata. I
bought Stata recently and installed it on my two home computers, but
both of them give me the same error (I could never get Stata to
connect to the internet). For example, -ssc install estout- gives
output:
server refused request to send
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/e/ either
  1)  is not a valid URL, or
  2)  could not be contacted, or
  3)  is not a Stata download site (has no stata.toc file).
r(676);

I turned the debugger on and copy/pasted some results below.
Command: ssc install estout
Output:
socket(2,1,0) = 472
ioctlsocket(472,8004667e,437ea0) = 0
connect(472,437ec0,16) = -1
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 0
select(473,0,437c20,0,437b70,) = 1
getsockopt(472,65535,4103,1d8,437e70,) = 0
send 1: send(472,436730,40,0) = -1
send: SOCKET_ERROR: 10053
send failed with -1
send 2: send 3: send 4: send 5: send 6: sends complete.
closesocket(472) = 0
server refused request to send
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/e/ either
  1)  is not a valid URL, or
  2)  could not be contacted, or
  3)  is not a Stata download site (has no stata.toc file).
r(676);


Any help would be appreciated.

On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 7:30 PM, Sergiy Radyakin <serjradyakin@gmail.com> wrote:
> George, try other sites to see if the problem is related to stata.com
> in particular, or any site.
> For example:
> net from http://radyakin.org/statalist/2013072401
> should give you a link to the -fileop- package.
>
> If the problem is with stata.com -> contact StataCorp.
>
> Second, try to read individual files from the browser, for example:
> http://radyakin.org/statalist/2013072401/fileop.ado
>
> If no site can be reached from Stata, make sure there are no proxies
> specified if they are not to be used.
>
> If some files can't be acquired, check out the commands listed here:
> http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/web/using-stata-with-proxy-server/
>
> You should get the lines like:
> looking up host...
> opening connection (local)...
> contacting host...
> requesting link...
> receiving...
>
> Give us some more info: did it work before? what happened then? etc
>
> Finally, it could be what it is: server does not contain information
> you requested or does not want to respond (e.g. banned you). When you
> just type -net- as a command what do you expect to happen? It will
> make a query, but to some address which is not clearly obvious. To
> make it obvious, type net query. Specify -net from YOURADDRESS- to be
> exact and avoid implicit parameters.
>
> Best, Sergiy Radyakin
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 6:36 PM, George Shoukry <gshoukry@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> My Stata refuses to do anything that requires internet access. The
>> error I get is r(676) (server refused request to send). For example:
>>
>> Command: net
>> Output:
>> server refused request to send
>> http://www.stata.com/ either
>>   1)  is not a valid URL, or
>>   2)  could not be contacted, or
>>   3)  is not a Stata download site (has no stata.toc file).
>> r(676);
>>
>> Yes, I read the FAQ (http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/web/). I am
>> using my home network (I have an internet connection password), no
>> proxies, and I have no firewall. I disabled the my virus checkers,
>> whitelisted Stata in Windows firewall, and even disabled Windows
>> firewall completely. There's nothing that should be blocking Stata
>> from accessing the internet. Any help would be appreciated.
>> *
>> *   For searches and help try:
>> *   http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search
>> *   http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/
>> *   http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
> *
> *   For searches and help try:
> *   http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search
> *   http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/
> *   http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
*
*   For searches and help try:
*   http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search
*   http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/
*   http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/