Network monitor proggy

I'm breaking new ground here so go easy.

I can access a certain page of data on ancestry.co.uk using IE but
with Firefox I simply go into a ' You are sending an encrypted message
over an unencrypted communication etc... ' loop, i.e. I click
CONTINUE but unlike usual, the banner subsequenty reappears.

I have had a couple of people try the same data and it works OK.
I removed Firefox and reinstalled a fresh download, no difference.

Is there a program that will log what's going on so that I might get a
clue where the difference is between the two browsers ?

TIA Andy

Andy Cap wrote:

> I'm breaking new ground here so go easy.
>
> I can access a certain page of data on ancestry.co.uk using IE but
> with Firefox I simply go into a ' You are sending an encrypted message
> over an unencrypted communication etc... ' loop, i.e. I click
> CONTINUE but unlike usual, the banner subsequenty reappears.
>
> I have had a couple of people try the same data and it works OK.
> I removed Firefox and reinstalled a fresh download, no difference.
>
> Is there a program that will log what's going on so that I might get a
> clue where the difference is between the two browsers ?
>
You need a network packet tracer/logger.

Usual recommendation is ethereal, at <http://www.ethereal.com/>.

It takes a bit of effort to learn, but it works.

Cheers,
Gary B-)

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On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 11:23:47 +1100, "Gary R. Schmidt"
<grschmidt@acm.org> wrote:


>You need a network packet tracer/logger.
>
>Usual recommendation is ethereal, at <http://www.ethereal.com/>.
>
>It takes a bit of effort to learn, but it works.
>
> Cheers,
> Gary B-)


Thanks for that Gary.

Obviously it would point to the difference but I found it locked up my
PC all the time and stopped me surfing at all. I guess I was doing
something wrong.

Andy