Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 23:34:04 -0800 From: "Michael C. Shultz" <reso3w83@verizon.net> To: Jason Osgerby <jasonosgerby@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Strange problem with DSL modem. Message-ID: <200501202334.05339.reso3w83@verizon.net> In-Reply-To: <20050121065033.909.qmail@web53207.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20050121065033.909.qmail@web53207.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Thursday 20 January 2005 10:50 pm, you wrote: > It simply reports that: "fetch: > http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/fluxbox/fluxbox-0.9.10.t >ar.gz timed out" and then tries to download from another mirror, which > times out, etc, etc. You need to provide more information about your setup. You say you can ping so I know your moving data both ways, but are you blocking any ports with a fire wall for example? -Mike P.S. You seem new so I replied even though you top posted, also this should have been sent to the list. > > Jason. > > "Michael C. Shultz" <reso3w83@verizon.net> wrote: > > On Thursday 20 January 2005 09:31 pm, Jason Osgerby wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I am hoping someone on this list can help me out with a very > > frustrating issue I am having. I dual boot one of my machines (a > > Dell Dimension 2400) with Windows XP Pro, and connect to the > > Internet via an Actiontec GT701-WG DSL modem with an inbuilt > > wireless gateway. Now, under Windows XP, I can access the Internet > > just fine, and do anything that I need to do. Of course, Windows XP > > is a slow, buggy memory hog, and I simply hate using it. > > > > So, I decided to install FreeBSD 5.3 on a separate partition. After > > performing a basic system install from CD, I wanted to add several > > items from the ports collection, such as Fluxbox-devel, XMMS, > > MPlayer, Firefox, ROX-filer, and all the other good stuff that I > > like to use. So, I started running the "make install" for Fluxbox, > > and it gave the usual message about not being able to find the > > source in my local ports directory, and then gave the normal blurb > > about fetching it from > > http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/fluxbox/fluxbox-0.9.10 > >.t ar.gz. > > > > The problem is that it is totally unable to download anything at > > all. All of the fetch requests to any of these remote servers just > > time out after hanging there for about a minute or so. I re-checked > > that I had configured the DHCP connection correctly, and no > > problems there at all. So, I did a simple ping of Google.com to > > make sure that I had a working Internet connection, and the ping > > responses returned in a timely fashion as usual. Yet still, the > > "make install" command just freezes up when attempting to download > > anything. > > > > Obviously, I wrote an email to Actiontec support immediately, > > asking for assistance. They responded to say that they don't > > support FreeBSD. After a couple of minutes of cursing, I decided > > the best thing to do would be to ask you all about this problem. > > Anyone have any idea what is going on here, and if there is anyway > > I can fix this? I am totally at a loss. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Jason. > > You should post exactly what is on the screen when make install > fails. Is it failing to fetch from an ftp site or a http for example? > If its an ftp site maybe you are blocking passice ftp with a > firewall, anyways you should provide copies of whatever info you > have. > > -Mike > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more.
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