anyone having issues with frrebmd? every time i click 'search' i get a '404 page not found'. this happened for a week now, on both computers at home. anyone having issues?
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Originally posted by kylejustin View Postanyone having issues with frrebmd? every time i click 'search' i get a '404 page not found'. this happened for a week now, on both computers at home. anyone having issues?
Joe in Sydney
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No problem for me either.
Which search button isn't working, the one on the home page that takes you to the search form, or the 'find' button on the search form itself?
If it is the former, try this link directly http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
If it is the latter it may a problem with your computer. AFAIK the button uses Java, and it may be a problem with your Java installation. Is it up to date?Co-ordinator for PoW project Southern Region 08
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search.pl must be found, as that is where the search form comes from, and as it is working for everyone else, it has to be something to do with your configuration.
Does the 'reset' button (used to clear the form) work?
Which browser are you using? Can you try a different one?Co-ordinator for PoW project Southern Region 08
Researching:- Wieland, Habbes, Saettele, Bowinkelmann, Freckenhauser, Dilger in Germany
Kincaid, Warner, Hitchman, Collie, Curtis, Pocock, Stanley, Nixey, McDonald in London, Berks, Bucks, Oxon and West Midlands
Drake, Beals, Pritchard in Kent
Devine in Ireland
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I'm on Firefox 19.0.2 (which is the latest).
kylejustin, are you able to try another browser? Perhaps you have Internet Explorer still installed and you could try that. It would help eliminate what is causing the problem.Co-ordinator for PoW project Southern Region 08
Researching:- Wieland, Habbes, Saettele, Bowinkelmann, Freckenhauser, Dilger in Germany
Kincaid, Warner, Hitchman, Collie, Curtis, Pocock, Stanley, Nixey, McDonald in London, Berks, Bucks, Oxon and West Midlands
Drake, Beals, Pritchard in Kent
Devine in Ireland
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When you enter a web address (URL), it goes through a process of connecting to what are known as Domain name Servers (DNS), these store databases that turn the address that you typed in as a 'word' to the actual Internet address of the server (ie 192.12.4.6).If you have a slow connection or for some reason the DNS server that your Internet supplier connects you to cannot locate the IP address required, your will find a 'time out' occurs, where the connection gives up, hence the 404 message. It has nothing at all to do with your PC or the browser that you are using, but the way that the Internet and devices, protocols etc all work.Avatar is my Gt Grandfather
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Kyle, there must be something about your internet setup that is blocking the results page from coming up. As you have tried two browsers the problem isn't there, so might be your anti-virus, or perhaps as it is happening on more than one computer it might be a setting on your router.
You could eliminate the anti-virus by turning it off temporarily and seeing if the results page loads. (Don't forget to turn it back on when you have finished the test!)Co-ordinator for PoW project Southern Region 08
Researching:- Wieland, Habbes, Saettele, Bowinkelmann, Freckenhauser, Dilger in Germany
Kincaid, Warner, Hitchman, Collie, Curtis, Pocock, Stanley, Nixey, McDonald in London, Berks, Bucks, Oxon and West Midlands
Drake, Beals, Pritchard in Kent
Devine in Ireland
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