Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 13:37:26 -0700 From: Glenn Dawson <glenn@antimatter.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Vizion <vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> Subject: Re: ftp server frustrating Message-ID: <6.1.0.6.2.20050531133104.03bf6180@cobalt.antimatter.net> In-Reply-To: <4464wzb3ii.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <200505310818.45961.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> <200505310915.32333.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> <6.1.0.6.2.20050531101320.02c46eb0@cobalt.antimatter.net> <200505311200.06206.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> <4464wzb3ii.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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At 12:26 PM 5/31/2005, Lowell Gilbert wrote: >Vizion <vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> writes: > > > I still cant understand why the cut off is set so short!! ftp.freebsd.org has two IP's associated with it: # dig ftp.freebsd.org ; <<>> DiG 9.3.1 <<>> ftp.freebsd.org ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 19245 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 5, ADDITIONAL: 3 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;ftp.freebsd.org. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: ftp.freebsd.org. 18 IN A 204.152.184.73 ftp.freebsd.org. 18 IN A 62.243.72.50 The server at 62.243.72.50 has a 15 second timeout (I waited 20 secs to get the output below) # ftp 62.243.72.50 Connected to 62.243.72.50. 220-ftp.FreeBSD.org NcFTPd Server (licensed copy) ready. 220-The FreeBSD mirror at TDC, in Aarhus, Denmark, Europe 220- 220-Contact: beastie@tdk.net 220- 220-Use wisely. --snip-- Name (62.243.72.50:glenn): ftp 421 Disconnecting you since you didn't login successfully within 15 seconds. ftp: Login failed. ftp> However, the server at 204.152.184.73 has a much longer timeout of at least a minute. So depending on which address your ftp client is given, you might have 15 seconds, or you might have much longer. -Glenn >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. >Perhaps you are running into problems with a local firewall that is >cutting off your connection? > >For another thing, the connection controls are *much* less stringent >on most of the mirror servers. The fact that some mirror wasn't >working for you was a separate problem which can be solved >separately. >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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