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zheiling

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From: Kiev

Registered: 2018-07-07

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[SOLVED] Wget: always "Connection refused"

Every time I'm running wget it only returns "Connection refused".
And this problem is not connected with my Internet provider, because from another device everything works fine.
I don't use any VPN or Proxy.

Last edited by zheiling (2019-03-28 16:57:34)

schard

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Re: [SOLVED] Wget: always "Connection refused"

Strange. On my system it always echoes this:

wget: missing URL
Usage: wget [OPTION]... [URL]...

Try `wget --help' for more options.

I.e. what exact command are you typing in and what exaclty is the output?

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zheiling

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From: Kiev

Registered: 2018-07-07

Posts: 19

Re: [SOLVED] Wget: always "Connection refused"

I.e. what exact command are you typing in and what exaclty is the output?

For example:

$> wget http://dist.libuv.org/dist/v1.9.1/libuv-v1.9.1.tar.gz
--2019-03-28 17:35:19--  http://dist.libuv.org/dist/v1.9.1/libuv-v1.9.1.tar.gz
Connecting to 173.249.48.140:8080... failed: Connection refused.

And that's all...

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Wget: always "Connection refused"

Forwards me to https on port 443. "nmap -p 8080 dist.libuv.org" will tell you that the port is closed.
Can you "wget https://dist.libuv.org/dist/v1.9.1/libuv-v1.9.1.tar.gz"?

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schard

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Re: [SOLVED] Wget: always "Connection refused"

Please also prvide

which wget
type wget

You also may be a victim of geoblocking.

Edit:
What happens on:

wget https://home.richard-neumann.de/pub/screenshot-wks-2019.png

Last edited by schard (2019-03-28 15:48:36)

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seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Wget: always "Connection refused"

Now that shard says it… the server is resolved to 138.197.224.240 for me.
173.249.48.140 is a hoster in Munich and only listens to ssh. There's a DNS resolution problem on your side.

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zheiling

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From: Kiev

Registered: 2018-07-07

Posts: 19

Re: [SOLVED] Wget: always "Connection refused"

Please also prvide

which wget
type wget

You also may be a victim of geoblocking.

Edit:
What happens on:

wget https://home.richard-neumann.de/pub/screenshot-wks-2019.png

which wget:

/usr/bin/wget

type wget:

wget is /usr/bin/wget

wget https://home.richard-neumann.de/pub/scr … s-2019.png:

--2019-03-28 17:51:11--  https://home.richard-neumann.de/pub/screenshot-wks-2019.png
Loaded CA certificate '/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt'
Connecting to 173.249.48.140:8080... failed: Connection refused.

schard

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Re: [SOLVED] Wget: always "Connection refused"

Now that @seth said it. It's strange that all hosts are resolved to 173.249.48.140.
You definitely need to check your DNS settings.

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zheiling

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From: Kiev

Registered: 2018-07-07

Posts: 19

Re: [SOLVED] Wget: always "Connection refused"

Forwards me to https on port 443. "nmap -p 8080 dist.libuv.org" will tell you that the port is closed.
Can you "wget https://dist.libuv.org/dist/v1.9.1/libuv-v1.9.1.tar.gz"?

wget https://dist.libuv.org/dist/v1.9.1/libuv-v1.9.1.tar.gz
--2019-03-28 17:54:35--  https://dist.libuv.org/dist/v1.9.1/libuv-v1.9.1.tar.gz
Loaded CA certificate '/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt'
Connecting to 173.249.48.140:8080... failed: Connection refused.

Just tried the same from Windows on the same machine and it successfully downloaded.

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Wget: always "Connection refused"

Do you understand what DNS is?

dig google.com
dig @8.8.8.8 google.com

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zheiling

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From: Kiev

Registered: 2018-07-07

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Re: [SOLVED] Wget: always "Connection refused"

Found it! I totally forget about .wgetrc in my home directory, which contained outdated proxy settings.
Thanks, @schard and @seth for help!

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Wget: always "Connection refused"

Cool.

Please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.

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