SOLVED Trouble connecting to news server

[lban]

Hi:
I've recently started having trouble connecting to my ISP's news server. I'm running SABnzbd Version: 0.5.4 | smpl Version: 1.3 on a headless ubuntu server (10.10). When I look at my server configuration page, I'm getting the message [Errno 111] Failed to connect: (110, '[Errno 111] Connection refused') -1@news.server.net:119

I can connect to the server using the same settings on another newsreader on another machine.

Any ideas as to what I should do?

Thanks.

[shypike]

Upgrade to a new version, we're at 0.6.8 now.
Otherwise, restart SABnzbd and try again.
Check your username and password in the sabnzbd.ini file.

[lban]

OK.. upgraded to 0.6.8
Restarted

My news server doesn't require a username

Same error

I installed a windows version of SABnzbd on my laptop, it's working fine.
Any other thoughts?

[sander]

What is the number of connections you have specified in SABnzbd for the server? Maybe it's too high?

On the Ubuntu system, what happens when you "telnet news.server.net 119"?
And what if you type "telnet news.tiscali.nl 119"?

[lban]

4 Connections, which had been working all along.

Telneting from the ubuntu system is giving me an error for both my newsserver and for tiscali.

Code: Select all

telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused

I can telnet fine from other machines in the house.
Where do I go from here?
Thanks for any help you can give me, linux is not my first language.

[sander]

So it's not a SABnzbd problem. Maybe there is a firewall blocking Usenet traffic, or maybe there is no Internet connection at all.
Let's find out what's going on: Post the output of these commands you should run on your Ubuntu machine:

One extra NNTP test, just to be sure:

telnet newsreader3.eweka.nl 119

A plain telnet test:

telnet telnet.ncf.carleton.ca

Check your network connection:

mtr -r -c4 8.8.8.8

[lban]

OK.. so it appears I have an internet connection, and I can telnet, at least to carleton, just not to any news server.

Code: Select all

telnet newsreader3.eweka.nl 119
Trying 81.171.64.100...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused

Code: Select all

darren@server1:~$ telnet telnet.ncf.carleton.ca
Trying 134.117.136.48...
Connected to smeagol.ncf.ca.
Escape character is '^]'.


SunOS 5.8

    National Capital FreeNet / Libertel de la Capitale nationale

If you are a visitor or wish to register, type 'guest' (without the quotes,
and all in lower-case, non-capital letters) at the 'login' prompt.

Si vous etes un visiteur ou vous voulez vous inscrire, entrez 'visiteur'
(sans les apostrophes, et tout en minuscules) a la requete 'login'.

Problems/problemes?  Contact/contactez:
NCF Office / Bureau LCN : (613) 520-9001   office@freenet.carleton.ca

Code: Select all

darren@server1:~$ mtr -r -c4 8.8.8.8
HOST: server1                     Loss%   Snt   Last   Avg  Best  Wrst StDev

[lban]

I think we've got it. Turns out there was an instance of peerguardian running which was fouling things up. (I'd been playing with deluge last week which must have precipitated my problems) Stopping peerguardian seems to have things back to normal. I'll have to play with it a bit to make sure, but I think we've got it beat.

Thanks so much for your help as soon as you said ports being blocked it pointed me in the right direction.