Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1998 19:46:23 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: jm7996@devrycols.edu Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Poor performance with CVSUP from behind a firewall. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9811081945330.18760-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811021944001.4024-100000@insomnia.local.net>
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On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, James A. Mutter wrote: > > Recently we installed another machine to the home network. The new > machine OpenBSD/i386 v2.3 is running ipnat/ipf. It doesn't really do much > besides some very basic firewalling and routing packets. > > Since the machine was installed, I've had nothing but problems with cvsup. > Running it as: /usr/local/bin/cvsup -P - -L3 -g /usr/local/etc/cvs-3.0 and > performance just _sucks_. It does make the initial connection to the > server, it says establishing passive mode data connection, etc.. It > even updates a few files along the way, and then, as if it were written in > scripture, the connection goes away. cvsup hates NAT firewalls. Run it with the '-P m' option to force it to multiplexed mode, which is much happier for your configuration. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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