New to JMeter

[An...@ipaustralia.gov.au]

Hi All, 

I am attempting to do some testing with JMeter, I am getting the error 
below when I attempt to connect to a .jsp page that lives on a weblogic 
server ? My test plan is very simple as outlined below:

Thread Group 1 thread, 10 loops
        HTTP Default Request domain/port
        HTTP Request (home page)
        HTTP Request (.jsp)
        View Results

Sampling url: http://{my URL}:80/
Sampling url: http://{my URL}:7003/ecentre/content/olsHome.jsp?=
URL = http://{my URL}:7003/ecentre/content/olsHome.jsp?=
java.io.IOException
        at 
org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.sampler.HTTPSampler.sample(HTTPSampl
r.java:464)
        at 
org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.sampler.HTTPSampler.sample(HTTPSampl
r.java:164)
        at 
org.apache.jmeter.threads.JMeterThread.run(JMeterThread.java:138)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536)

Does any one have any ideas on what causes this error and how to overcome 
it ? I have seen a similar problem when attempting to connect to a .jsp 
page using the java.net classes but this was fixed by setting the proxy, I 
have attempted to use a proxy with JMeter but the error still occurs. I 
would really appreciate some help, as this the only the first two pages in 
the website, I haven't even got into the really good stuff (SSL). 

thanks all

Andrew.