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Date:      Sun, 1 Dec 1996 23:18:53 +0100
From:      freebsd@xaa.stack.nl ("FreeBSD matters of Mark Huizer (xaa)")
To:        ache@nagual.ru (?????????????)
Cc:        StevenR362@aol.com, kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de, freebsd-hackers@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvsup can't find host - sometimes
Message-ID:  <Mutt.19961201231853.freebsd@xaa.stack.nl>
In-Reply-To: <199612011926.WAA00759@nagual.ru>; from ????????????? on Dec 1, 1996 22:26:07 %2B0300
References:  <961201123255_1751372447@emout01.mail.aol.com> <199612011926.WAA00759@nagual.ru>

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> > >  (this is from a cvsup -L 2 cvsupfile | mail I send to myself when cvsup
> > >  is finished)
> > >  
> > >  Pinging freefall works fine. I'm just wondering whether this is a
> > >  network problem (load, nameservers unreachable or some such) or
> > >  if it might be a cvsup problem since the lookup is done by the
> > >  program and the name search might be not 'hard enough'.
> > >  
> >    I get this also on a 14.4 dialup connection while doing a couple of
> > simultaneous ftp's.   It seems to be the result of a slow/overloaded link
> > and a timeout.
> 
> I saw it too without any overload on my 28.8K dialup connection.
> It not only freefall.cdrom.com but cvsup.nl.freebsd.org too.
> 
Perhaps we could check that out from both sides :-)
Perhaps if I put the logfile of cvsup.nl.freebsd.org next to your dialin 
behaviour, I can check if I can come up with something.

Does this also happen (something worth testing) with the 'real' hostname
alterego.stack.nl? Perhaps some nameserver is taking a little time or 
something (perhaps even the machine was just down :-)

Mark Huizer
(xaa@stack.nl)



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