From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 12 10:08:27 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA15675 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 12 Feb 1997 10:08:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA15669 for ; Wed, 12 Feb 1997 10:08:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id KAA01175; Wed, 12 Feb 1997 10:07:26 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 10:07:26 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Matthew Fremont cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvsup over ppp In-Reply-To: <199702121226.HAA22672@gkbox.some.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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