Re: lynx-dev Problems with Lynx 2.8rel.2 under AIX 3.2.5.1.

[Leonid Pauzner]

> I'm having a problem getting Lynx 2.8rel.2 to work under AIX 3.2.5.1 on an
> RS/6000 550.  It compiles, installs, and executes just fine and it works
> great for calling up local files via "file://localhost/"..., etc.  However,
> when I try to access a web server on another machine on our LAN, it says
> "Lookup up"..., etc. and just sits there forever (well, until I hit
> [CTRL]+[C], anyway).  The other machine is call "chhnts1" and it's part of
> a domain called "chh.dom".  It's IP address is 10.0.1.6.  The actual web

1) Windows NT proxy may have a Microsoft authentication enabled
   which is not supported by lynx (there was a more detailed report on lynx-dev
   during last month or two).

2) Probably you have a wrong network configuration on your AIX machine
   (did you have tryed Netscape on AIX and it works OK?)

> The web server is running on a Windows NT 4.0 Server (chhnts1).  The name
> of the software is WinGate 2.1d.  WinGate is a web server and a proxy
> server.  I've also tried setting up Lynx to use the WinGate proxy server so
> I could access the Internet from the AIX machine (chhnts1 is connected to
> the Internet through WinGate), but no matter what I've tried, I can't get
> Lynx to call up anything except documents on the local host (the AIX
> machine).

> Anyway, I'm stuck.  Any help you could give me with getting Lynx to 1)
> access chhnts1 via the LAN, and 2) access the Internet via the WinGate
> proxy server on chhnts1 would be appreciated.  I suspect that if I can get
> Lynx to access chhnts1 then I can get it to use WinGate to access the
> Internet.

> Some additional info.:

> I have added the "www 80/tcp" and "www 80/udp" entries to the /etc/services
> file on the AIX machine (if that matters).
> I'm running DNS for the LAN on the AIX machine (not that that should matter
> either).
> The DNS works fine as does WinGate both as a web server and a proxy server
> for all other applications on both of our AIX machines, or Windows NT
> server, and all our Windows 95 workstations.
> The Windows 95 workstations have no trouble accessing the Internet through
> WinGate on chhnts1.
> The Windows 95 workstations and both of the AIX machines have no trouble
> accessing the Internet via FTP through WinGate on chhnts1, so I know the
> AIX machines can work with WinGate.

> That's all the relevant info. I have.  PLEASE HELP ME!

> Thank you,
> Beam Davis (address@hidden)
> Systems Analyst Coordinator
> Baton Rouge Health Care Corporation
> d/b/a Capitol Home Health

> P.S. If the syntax for specifying another port (like 8010) is different
> under Lynx than in my examples (which, as I said, work under Internet
> Explorer), please let me know what the proper syntax for Lynx is as well.