[Seqinr-forum] problems with connecting to the database

[Leonor Palmeira]

Dear Stacy,

have you checked your internet connection as suggested by the error 
message? Namely, your firewall configuration if you have one.

 > #    o Check that your are connected to the internet.
 > #    o Check that port 5558 is not closed by a firewall.
 > #    o Try to increase timeout value (current is 5 seconds).

Best,
Leo.

On 03/11/11 05:55, stacy xu wrote:
> Hi, everyone,
>
> I have several refSeq IDs with me trying to find the map of those to the
> species or genus. I encountered SeqinR and thought it would solve my
> problem. However, when I typed choosebank() as suggested by the manual,
> I got the following error message:
>
> # Error in socketConnection(host = host, port = port, server = server,
> blocking = blocking,  :
> #   cannot open the connection
> # In addition: Warning message:
> # In socketConnection(host = host, port = port, server = server,
> blocking = blocking,  :
> # pbil.univ-lyon1.fr:5558 <http://pbil.univ-lyon1.fr:5558> cannot be opened
> # Error in choosebank() : I wasn't able to open the socket connection:
> #    o Check that your are connected to the internet.
> #    o Check that port 5558 is not closed by a firewall.
> #    o Try to increase timeout value (current is 5 seconds).
>
> I have internet access with my R (through a pre-configured proxy
> though.). Could anyone suggest what is happening there? Thanks.
>
> Thanks,
> Stacy
>
>
>
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