XMAPortal : Changing how Java applet connects to the network

Many of you have encountered the "Bad Server Response Error" problem. Description: This error message pops up after you have added files to the XMA Portal File Upload queue and spent some good time attaching metadata to each file and when you are all done and push the Upload button the Java applet window shows: "Bad Server Response Error" and you can't do anything except reload the applet and start all over again!

Please follow the directions below and change one simple setting in your Java and see if this issue gets better.

Step 1 ) Bring up your Java configuration window by:

On Windows: go to Control Panel and you should see the Java icon there, click on it.

On Mac: Click on Apple icon, go to System Preferences, click on the Java icon to access the Java Control Panel. It should give you something like the the attached screenshot (Java_Control_Panel.jpg)

Step 2 ) When you are in the Java Control Panel: Click on the "Network Setting" (Notice this is not your regular network setting, this only for how *Java connects to the network* so this only affect Java).

Step 3 ) In the Java Network setting change your setting to "Direct Connection" see attached Java_network_setting.jpg file.