Dear All
This is not a statistical problem - rather it is, hopefully,
a simple browser software problem.
At Keele I used Netscape 7.1 successfully for everything.
At Limerick, where Netscape is NOT supported, I find
that 7.2 can do almost everything, except access external
accounts. For example it cannot book flights on Opodo,
book via my BA executive account or book a ferry trip.
It works perfectly up to actually booking.
Every time I need to access a (£/$/€) location to confirm
the booking or attempt to enter the confirmation booking
section it fails, at that particular point, with an
"operation timed out" message - as if it cannot access
the secure page(s).
I have tried altering some of the network setting in NS 7.2 to
no avail.
I conclude that it is either :
(a) a known problem with this version of the Netscape browser or
(b) particular setting(s) in the LAN in Limerick which
prevent(s) the necessary handshaking in the standard (security) mode.
I expect someone will know - they do not appear to know here.
Thanks in advance .
Gilbert
PS. MS Outlook Express works perfectly in Limerick.
PPS. Some external sites with which I have communicated
suggest that it is likely to be a Limerick setting (Admin) or the
absence of one, rather than a user (local) setting.
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Prof. Gilbert MacKenzie
Dept. of Mathematics & Statistics,
University of Limerick,
Limerick
Ireland
ISA ~ http://www.istat.ie.
Gilbert ~ http://www.staff.ul.ie/mackenzieg
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Tel: +353 (0)61 213499
Fax: +353 (0)61 334927
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