Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 22:03:39 +0200 From: Oren Sarig <sarig@bezeqint.net.il> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CVSup with a dynamic IP Message-ID: <387A3B1B.2CC92DE4@bezeqint.net.il> References: <387A2C53.4EC16851@bezeqint.net.il>
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Sorry to have bothered you all, the answer was in front of my eyes: try a different server. cvsup3.freebsd.org didn't work, but cvsup7.freebsd.org did. Sorry for the stupid question. -- Oren Sarig sarig@bezeqint.net.il Oren Sarig wrote: > > I am connected to the internet with ISDN, and use sppp to connect. I > get assigned a dynamic IP every time I connect, so I don't have a > static IP I can point to, neither a static host name. > > Now, I'd like to use CVSup to upgrade my system to -STABLE, and update > my ports tree. I got the stable-supfile from the website and added the > ports tag, and tried using `cvsup stable-supfile` (I am using X). > CVSup complained it can't locate an IP for my hostname. My hostname > was set to `asmodean', which is a made up name, because I wan't sure > this had any real use for me, since I'm not a server. Anyways, after > this complaint I changes my hostname to plain old `localhost'. Tried > the command again, and CVSup came up. I tried clicking that play > button to begin downloading, and walla, I get a message that I was > denied a connection (I tried connection to cvsup3.freebsd.org). > > Logic tells me this: the CVSup server needs my IP for some reason, > since it decides to be real smart and contat my IP instead of using > the TCP/IP session already open, so it needs to get my IP, which the > CVSup client provides. The CVSup client provides the IP it gets from a > reverse domain name lookup, and, since my hostname was set to > localhost, resulted in 127.0.0.1, which is the IP for any computer. > The CVSup server realizes this, and declines my connection. > > Now, my questions are: > (a) Is this what is really happening? > (b) If so, how do I get CVSup to get my IP that was assigned > dynamically? > (c) If not, what is the remedy to this situation? > > Thanks in advance, > Oren Sarig > sarig@bezeqint.net.il > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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