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2014-05-01 03:32:57 - Weather no updating
I'm behind a corporate firewall and I'm not able to login. The client gets stuck waiting for weather. Its been suggested before that a load balancing proxy will do this but I checked with IT and we don't have one of those. Any other suggestions?, ports?, protocols?, etc that I *might* be able to persuade IT to change for me?

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Murray
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2014-05-01 08:28:48 - Re: Weather no updating
As a makeshift solution you can block

http://sailonline.org/site_media/weather/xml/*

with AdBlock or something. That will give you a functional client, no wx obviously.

As far as I'm aware the wx is the only thing on 'site_media', whatever that may imply.
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2014-05-01 23:25:45 - Re: Weather no updating
Good suggestion Outlaw.

It didn't matter what I blocked; http://www.sailonline.org/*/xml/*
http://www.sailonline.org/*/weather/*
http://www.sailonline.org/site_media/*
non made any difference but of course http://www.sailonline.org/*
killed it completely confirming that the block was in fact working.
I'm guessing the weather request coming from flash may actually bypass Ad Block - is it even an http request? Or it may be that its waiting for more than just weather.

Thanks for your help
Murray
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2014-05-02 05:37:21 - Re: Weather no updating
I'm sorry it didn't work for you. I tested it in Chrome before posting, and Firefox just now to be sure. I should have mentioned that you won't get a mouse pointer, but the result is good enough to steer around islands from office.

You must use the exact link given, there is no 'www'
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2014-05-02 10:36:49 - Re: Weather no updating
I can see that exact URL as you say in chrome://net-internals. I'm pasting it into AdBlock/Options/Customize/Manually Edit Your Filters but it won't block the weather. The only block I can get is with www.sailonline.org/* which of course blocks everything.
I'm home now (and on Linux). I try again on Monday at work.
Thanks for your help Outlaw.
Murray

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