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Date:      Wed, 12 Feb 1997 10:07:26 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Matthew Fremont <mrf@microserve.net>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvsup over ppp
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.970212100629.1121E-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <199702121226.HAA22672@gkbox.some.net>

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On Wed, 12 Feb 1997, Matthew Fremont wrote:

> I'm experiencing problems using cvsup RELENG_2_1_0 from a 2.1.5
> system over a ppp link.
> 
> cvsup successfully connects to cvsup5.freebsd.org and begins working,
> but after only 30s or so, all indications of work on the client side
> stop. On several occasions, after about 4:30 or so, cvsup reports that
> it lost the network connection.

We have this problem occaisionally with ijppp.  Try setting up pppd
(kernel ppp) and see if this solves the problem.  

ijppp has this annoying habit of spontaneously closing down when it gets
hit with big file transfers.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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