Kdict problem

[{BBI}Nexus{BBI}]

Is anyone else having a problem with kdict? It no longer seems to function. I only get the message:

Unable to connect to: dict.org:2628 Operation now in progress.

It has been like this since Mandriva 2008. I have done a fresh install of 2008.1 and still the problem remains. It's not a distro issue as I have seen queries from other distro users about this same problem. Does anyone know what the deal is?

[Greg2]

It's working fine for me. Is your firewall blocking port 2628?

[{BBI}Nexus{BBI}]

Thanks for responding Greg2. Oh how I wish it was just a firewall issue. I've checked my firewall (Smoothwall) the port is not being blocked, and I have no other app(s) running on this (or any other) machine that use port 2628. I have also checked all machines (firewall included) using netstat and again port 2628 is not in use. Is there a possiblility my isp could be blocking this port? Is there a way I could check if this is the case?

[Greg2]

using netstat and again port 2628 is not in use.

If you think port 2628 is open, try telnet. You may need to install a telnet-client, it's about 200kb. Then in a terminal (as user) do

telnet dict.org 2628

are you in?

 

If that doesn't work for you, something is blocking port 2628.

[{BBI}Nexus{BBI}]

I tried your suggestion and I got

Trying 72.36.131.187...

telnet: connect to address 72.36.131.187: Connection refused

telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused

I can ping that address though.