Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 18:37:33 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> To: Oren Sarig <sarig@bezeqint.net.il> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CVSup with a dynamic IP Message-ID: <387A976D.6228CA24@3-cities.com> References: <387A2C53.4EC16851@bezeqint.net.il> <387A3B1B.2CC92DE4@bezeqint.net.il>
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Oren Sarig wrote: > > 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. It isn't a stupid question until you do it the third time :). I used to get the same message and ended up using the same mirror. I was going to reply and got busy in the darkroom and forgot. What I was going to say is that there has to be a mirror that is located closer too you than US mirrors are to .il land. Some of the USA mirrors are hammered pretty much all day long. A shot hop to a quiet cvsup mirror has to be faster. Kent > > -- > 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 -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ SETI(Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) @ HOME http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ Hunting Archibald Stewart, b 1802 in Ballymena, Antrim Co., NIR http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/genealogy/archibald_stewart.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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