# (Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError) can't get connected to the net! **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [September 11, 2008, 9:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-fetcherror-cant-get-connected-to-the-net/148277 "2008-09-11T09:04:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nathan\_Haskins](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e274bd/32.png) [@Nathan\_Haskins](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nathan_Haskins)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 9:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-fetcherror-cant-get-connected-to-the-net/148277/1 "2008-09-11T09:04:24Z")
Hello everyone, I recently picked up the Agile web dev with Rail book and followed the installation instructions for Windows using InstantRails… well it works up until the point i try to… ‘gem update rails --include-dependencies’ … i end up with the following error message: pdating installed gems… ERROR: While executing gem … (Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError) A Request to send ro recieve data was disallowed because the socket is not connected and (when sending a datagam socket using a sendto call) no address was supplied. (Errno::ENOTCONN) getting size of [http://gem.rubyforge.org/Marsha1.4.8](http://gem.rubyforge.org/Marsha1.4.8) hmmm don’t really know what all that means… there isn’t a firewall blocking it… so i tried the [RubyonRails.org](http://RubyonRails.org) method of installation and i was able to progress as far as installing gems… ‘gem install rails --include-dependencies -v’ …i get this error message: ERROR: [http://gems.rubyforge.org/](http://gems.rubyforge.org/) does not appear to be a repository ERROR: could not find gem rails locally or in a repository. now i can ping [gems.rubyforge.org](http://gems.rubyforge.org)… i see the firewall allowing ruby to go out to this address yet gem doesn’t seem to have any luck gettin out to the net. 4 hours of searching thought manuals, docs, forums, tutorials and various blogs on http proxy, im still at a loss. The firewall was turned off completely and still no change, i just uninstalled hamachi just incase… no change… I’m behind a netgear router im not sure if that is a factor or not. Any help or insight to this situation would be greatly appreciated, thanks! My OS: Windows XP pro, SP1. ---
**Author:** ![Nathan\_Haskins](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e274bd/32.png) [@Nathan\_Haskins](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nathan_Haskins)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 4:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-fetcherror-cant-get-connected-to-the-net/148277/2 "2008-09-11T16:27:27Z")
Some thoughts: Make sure you have the latest version of gems [1.2] If worst comes to worst I suppose you could download the gems by hand to your local machine then run gem install on them 🙂 As a note, at least on my machine [OS X] that command works. -=R [1] > **[Still playing with Ruby on Windows | AkitaOnRails.com](https://www.akitaonrails.com/2008/7/26/still-playing-with-ruby-on-windows)** > > Leitores brasileiros: cliquem aqui > A week ago I’ve tested the newest One-Click Ruby Installer build and found a few minor glitches. Since then I’ve... > ‘gem update rails --include-dependencies’ > > … i end up with the following error message: > > pdating installed gems… > ERROR: While executing gem … (Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError) > A Request to send ro recieve data was disallowed because the