Website connection problem

[Thomas Dowling]

>This may be an old topic  but I see more of it all the time.  When I
>try to connect to a web site, I get the response "/index.cgi" on my
>screen and no web site page.  I'm not sure what causes this or whether
>I should even worry about it other then I'd like to know if the problem
>is at my end as opposed to the website. If this is an archived question
>with solutions , just point me in the right direction.

There's no way to say without a URL.  Clearly, the web site in question
has made index.cgi one of the allowed default index names for a
directory.  My guess is that their index.cgi script is sending headers
but no content (or no content that your browser sees).

Thomas Dowling
tdowling at ohiolink.edu