From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 8 19:46:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA02214 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 8 Nov 1998 19:46:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA02209 for ; Sun, 8 Nov 1998 19:46:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA20367; Sun, 8 Nov 1998 19:46:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1998 19:46:23 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: jm7996@devrycols.edu cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Poor performance with CVSUP from behind a firewall. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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