Downloads Redirecting
When I try to download any file, it brings up the servers and I click on one and it acts like it will work, but even if I click on the link, it automatically redirects me to the library without downloading anything.
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In that case, perhaps try clearing your browser "cookies", and try logging back on to winworld.
If instead it is getting past the mirror page to the direct download page, then try copying the linked URL to the clipboard, then paste directly in to your browser and see what it says.
When you request a file from a mirror, the request is processed through nginx/PHP to ensure it's not some jackass hot-linking our files. Do a Google search for one of the download server URLs and note the number of websites with (mostly now broken) direct links to downloads.
I'll skim the PHP file and nginx logs to see if I can find anything pointing to the problem, in the interm try SomeGuy's suggestions.
I simply can't replicate the issue you're describing. I've tried in several browsers on different files without any difficulty.
The only thing I can think of is that something is stripping data that should be passed to the anti-hotlink script to verify it's a valid download. Are you using any super-privacy browser addons or the like that could be stripping said data?
Both of these factors can cause your IP address as presented to us in the route to change between when you make the request from our site and then make the request from the download servers. The system in place expects these two requests to be from the same IP address and browser. When this is not the case you get redirected over to our /library instead.
Long story short this is not going to change because your ISP wants to utilize carrier level NAT and proxying. The vast majority of ISPs in the modern world (which you're a part of) do not practice this and if they do they usually make sure you have a common endpoint IP for at least a few hours. I do not think it's unrealistic for a user's ISP to present me with the user on the same IP address which ultimately means I will not be putting in any workarounds for your ISP.
tl;dr move to a new ISP.
BTW: this file and the "Microsoft DOS 2.11 [AT&T OEM r2.0] (5.25).7z" version have the same files within the disk image. Once I defragment in WiinImage, the only difference is the bootsector ID, which is changed only when you open the disk/disk image in Windows 95 without the write protect tab on..
Also ever since the update when I download a file, my virus scanner has a popup stating that access to the page was blocked because the certificate has been revoked *.chitka.net.. Everything stills seems to work so I assume it is my scanner that is causing the issue. This happens whenever I click on any file to download.
https://winworldpc.com/download/43E8BD0 ... 54D21A8599
ok, I'll take your word for that as I have no idea what NAT even is. My ISP did the settings when they installed all the hardware, so I don't even know where to find the NAT settings. (I looked around at the options and did not see anything).
I'll wait for the diagnostic link and follow the instructions given then and go from there.
Thanks for any help you provide.
Put simply, NAT (Network Address Translation) is a technology that allows multiple computers with internal addresses to share a single external address.
Most ISPs only allow their customers to have one external address (sometimes they allow 3 or 4 additional addresses, but no more than that usually) so you would be limited in the number of computers you could have online. To get around this, most customers utilize firewalls / routers which provide NAT and allow the router to use one external address and service many internal addresses.
Carrier grade NAT is essentially the exact same thing just on a larger scale. It allows multiple customers to share the same external address thus freeing up external addresses for use elsewhere. The theory being that customers aren't supposed to be running any publicly available services and thus do not need to be directly addressable on the public internet. So they can use those addresses where they are needed more (usually their business / hosting customers).
Why NAT at all? because the current version of IP (IPv4) has a limited address space and technology such as NAT allows us to extend its life. Eventually, we will have to upgrade everything to IPv6 which has a significantly larger address space, but adoption has been slow. It's been around since the mid '90s and so far we are only just now getting to the point where some ISPs are handing out IPv6 addresses.
No, more like when Half-life 3 comes out.
And what is NAT6?
This works just fine]. It brings me to the download page.
Other examples where this happens:
https://winworldpc.com/download/4615B73 ... 54D21A8599
https://winworldpc.com/download/4906865 ... 54D21A8599
https://winworldpc.com/download/4061DCD ... 54D21A8599
Trying to download these from mirrors 1 or 3 fails and redirects to the library page, but mirror 2 works OK if the download is on Mirror 2.
I've tested with the following links on Firefox 40.0.3 (with default settings):
Windows 2.11 386 (3.5)
Windows 2.01 385 (5.25)
Windows 3.0 Retail
I tried clearing cookies, but the issue persists.
Could it be because of the carrier level NAT?
These worked fine for me also.
Borland C++
Borland C++ 4.5 (CD)
Borland C++ 4.0 (CD)
Not sure how this is a problem at my end.
https://winworldpc.com/download/2A5AB5F ... 5400B25447
2) ZSoft PC Paintbrush IV Plus (5.25-360kb) (3.5-720kb) version IV Plus
https://winworldpc.com/download/749F328 ... 5400B25447
3) Zenith MS-DOS Version 2 Progammers Utility Pack [Zenith Z100 and Z100 PC] Manuals
https://winworldpc.com/download/7E11E70 ... 5400B25447
4) Sign-Master 5.11 (5.25-360kb) version 5.11
https://winworldpc.com/download/6CF6A31 ... 5400B25447
5) Peachtree Inventory Management (1983-12-15) [Zenith OEM] (5.25-360k) version
https://winworldpc.com/download/6993867 ... 5400B25447
No download is available. (They can't be downloaded from all servers.)
I think file name seems to be different from link or no file exists on server.
I've repushed all of the files that were in that batch, which includes the ones you linked to above. If you see any others that have issues, please let me know.
At now, all downloads have no problem, thanks very much!