A desktop firewall, perhaps? The outbound connection could be being blocked at the source, or the inbound connection being blocked at your laptop. If any of the hosts involved are running a firewall product, you should make sure the necessary rules/exceptions are properly configured and check the firewall logs to see if there is any explicit message about things being blocked. ... View more

You could try to telnet to your deployment server on the configured port. The error you posted to tinypic.com can be an indicator of a firewall blocking the connection. ... View more