From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 31 19:50:15 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B83B16A41C for ; Tue, 31 May 2005 19:50:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com) Received: from lakecmmtao05.coxmail.com (lakecmmtao05.coxmail.com [68.99.120.79]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A4DF43D48 for ; Tue, 31 May 2005 19:50:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com) Received: from dns1 ([64.58.171.82]) by lakecmmtao05.coxmail.com (InterMail vM.6.01.04.04 201-2131-118-104-20050224) with ESMTP id <20050531195014.VNCQ7226.lakecmmtao05.coxmail.com@dns1> for ; Tue, 31 May 2005 15:50:14 -0400 From: Vizion To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 12:45:05 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.8 References: <200505310818.45961.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> <200505311200.06206.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> <4464wzb3ii.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <4464wzb3ii.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200505311245.05832.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> Subject: Re: ftp server frustrating X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 19:50:15 -0000 On Tuesday 31 May 2005 12:26, the author Lowell Gilbert contributed to the dialogue on- Re: ftp server frustrating: >Vizion writes: >> I still cant understand why the cut off is set so short!! > >Well, for one thing, it *isn't* as short as you were claiming; my >testing right now indicates that it's (at least) over a minute. My testing here does conflicts with yours. there seems to be some network delays for freebsd.. I do not know when the timing starts -- I get a message from the server that cuts me off when I am tryiong to log in saying I did not login within 15 seconds. Here is an example output from ftp.freebsd.org when logging in: ------------------------------------------ Name (ftp.freebsd.org:root): anonymous 331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password. Password: 421 Disconnecting you since you didn't login successfully within 15 seconds. ftp: Login failed. -------------------------------------------- I have found that logging by typing my email address is virtually impossible. The only way to do it in time is to copy the email address to clipboard >Perhaps you are running into problems with a local firewall that is >cutting off your connection? There is no firewall > >For another thing, the connection controls are *much* less stringent >on most of the mirror servers. I am really asking why does it have to be so short - what is the reason? >The fact that some mirror wasn't >working for you was a separate problem which can be solved >separately. This seems to happen with some regularity at the moment -- some files seem not to be found when fetching that I can get manually but ONLY from freebsd.org. Whether files take some time to propogate -- maybe because I keep my distfiles up to date I experience that problem more often than the average.. It just seems to me that the access is unreasonably tight. david -- 40 yrs navigating and computing in blue waters. English Owner & Captain of British Registered 60' bluewater Ketch S/V Taurus. Currently in San Diego, CA. Sailing May/June bound for Europe via Panama Canal.