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Hi Harry,
On Sun, 21 Oct 2012, Harry E. Slaunwhite wrote:
> Why do I keep getting "The connection was reset" message each time I
> log on and hitting "Try Again" lets me on?
At certain times of the day, internet traffic goes through a rush hour
(or several rush hours) and some pages get 'lost' or the request doesn't
reach the site from which you're attempting to retrieve information. Your
browser allows a fair amount of time for the requested data to arrive back
at your site. When it doesn't, it will give up and allow you to, either,
re-request it or move on.
The message, 'the connection was reset', is just your browser telling
you, it didn't get the requested data in the amount of time allotted.
When you 'Try Again', there may be a small pocket of space in the internet
datastream allowing your data to be retrieved. This occurs more and more
as the internet is filled with more streaming information and, at peak
times, such as student exam times etc.
> More importantly, I'm presently using dial-up on my desk-top (Win Xp)
> and plan on changing to a lap-top which will probably have Win 7, then
> transfer my files and programs to the lap-top. I plan on using Wi-Fi
> hot spots for faster internet access when required but want to keep
> dial-up on the lap-top for home access when speed is not a priority.
> How do I transfer chebucto from desk-top to lap-top and how do I set up
> the dual access.?
Do a Google search for 'PuTTy for Windows 7' and install it. This is
an SSH-compliant client (telnet is also included but not secured like SSH)
and will give you the Chebucto log-in, once you've added the pertinent
data. It will ask you for the site you want: chebucto.ns.ca, and once
located, will give you the familiar log-in screen.
I don't know about the newest PuTTy, but the older ones do not allow
for up and down file transfer; so what I do, is move whatever I want to
download to a folder I created called 'dl' in my public_html folder and
then use that from which to download.
For you, it would be:
www.chebucto.ca/~at593/dl/ + whatever the filename is.
Use your graphic browser to retrieve these files using that URL.
Hope this helps,
Tony @ CCN Help
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