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Date:      Fri, 28 May 1999 09:31:02 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Dispatcher <dispatch@blackhelicopters.org>
To:        nick.hibma@jrc.it
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FTP passive mode - a new default?
Message-ID:  <199905281331.JAA26508@blackhelicopters.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.95q.990528141514.12812M-100000@elect8> from Nick Hibma at "May 28, 1999  2:19: 9 pm"

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>  > CVSup uses multiplexed mode by default, which means it multiplexes its
>  > various data channels over a single TCP connection. The server does
>  > not (should not) attempt to connect back to the client.
> 
> No.
> 
> $ /usr/local/bin/cvsup /usr/src-supfile -g -L 2 
> ...
> Establishing active-mode data connection
> Timed out waiting for connection from server.  Check your firewall setup
> or try the "-P m" option
> 
> And it never gets there (firewall is 3 hops down the road).
> '-P m' does change the behaviour.

You're probably still running cvsup 15.4 or earlier.

As of version 16, multiplexed mode is the default.  Upgrade, if it's
that important.  I'm still running 15.4 at a lot of places... works
well enough for cvsup && make world, even with the (petty) annoyance
of '-P m'.

==Michael


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