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TOPSie
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Total beginner - Connections = None

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I read all the reviews that said how good SABnzbd was - so I must be doing something really stupid here - I have scoured the Help and FAQs. But I am obviously missing something very basic.

I have downloaded SABnzbd and I have configured my news provider news.virginmedia.com - Port 0 (tried 119 as well) everything else defaults. I try the test button and it reports a successful connection.

I uploaded a couple of test nzb files - they appear in the Queue and the sizes appear to be correct - then NOTHING.......


If I look at the Status Tab, under Connections it says NONE.

I have obviously missed something but what???

I have scoured the web, I have reinstalled it, I have tried it on IE, Chrome and Firefox. I don't have a firewall, just MSE.
XNEWS and binreader both work fine with the same connection details ??? ???
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shypike
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Re: Total beginner - Connections = None

Post by shypike »

Port 119 is the normal port, unless you've ticked "SSL".
Isn't SABnzbd paused? The little block at the top right should be yellow (not red).
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Re: Total beginner - Connections = None

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Port 0 was the one I used with other programs - both 0 and 119 work with a Test Connect.

The Pause button was yellow - I clicked it and set a 5 minutes pause - this expired and still nothing.

In the incompete folder under an _ADMIN_ folder there are a set of 1Kb files (does this indicate that the nvb file has been parsed?

But no indication of any download content.
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Re: Total beginner - Connections = None

Post by shypike »

The many files indicate that the NZB was parsed successfully.
Port 0 is not usable.
I have no real explanation though.
Is the download speed zero or just a very low value?
Are jobs individually paused (they should have a triangle at the left side)?
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Re: Total beginner - Connections = None

Post by TOPSie »

I knew it was something basic. I tested Port 119 it was OK, but I reverted to Port 0 (as that was what Xnews and BinReader used). But your advice that Port 0 is not usable did the trick - Set port to 119 and now there is activity :-)

Virgin are effectively stopping News access 10:00 to 24:00 daily, so I am hoping to use the schedule facilities here to download outside these hours.

Thanks for the pointer !!!
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