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Date:      Tue, 31 May 2005 15:00:34 -0500
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To:        Vizion <vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ftp server frustrating
Message-ID:  <20050531200034.GB90259@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <200505311245.05832.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com>
References:  <200505310818.45961.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> <200505311200.06206.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> <4464wzb3ii.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <200505311245.05832.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com>

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In the last episode (May 31), Vizion said:
> On Tuesday 31 May 2005 12:26,  the author Lowell Gilbert contributed to the dialogue on-  Re: ftp server frustrating: 
> >Vizion <vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> writes:
> >> I still cant understand why the cut off is set so short!!
> >
> >Well, for one thing, it *isn't* as short as you were claiming; my
> >testing right now indicates that it's (at least) over a minute.
>
> My testing here does conflicts with yours. there seems to be some
> network delays for freebsd.. I do not know when the timing starts --
> 
> I get a message from the server that cuts me off when I am tryiong to
> log in saying I did not login within 15 seconds. Here is an example
> output from ftp.freebsd.org when logging in:

ftp.freebsd.org is actually 2 machines; the one at 62.243.72.50
(ftp.beastie.tdk.net) seems to have the 15 second timeout.  The one at
204.152.184.73 (freebsd.isc.org) doesn't.

> I am really asking why does it have to be so short  - what is the
> reason?

Try sending an email to the address listed in the welcome message sent
before you log into ftp.beastie.tdk.net:

220-Contact: beastie <at> tdk.net

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com



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