Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 07:44:08 +0200 (SAT) From: John Hay <jhay@icomtek.csir.co.za> To: jdp@polstra.com (John Polstra) Cc: hubs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ftp-master slow or busy? Message-ID: <200204030544.g335i8A28588@zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za> In-Reply-To: <200204030459.g334xJ622292@vashon.polstra.com> from John Polstra at "Apr 2, 2002 08:59:19 pm"
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> > > > > > > Yes, CVSup probably does have a problem with long fat pipes. In > > > multiplexed mode (the default), the receive buffers are of fixed size > > > and are probably not big enough to accomodate fast links with high > > > latencies. > > > > Hey this isn't a fast link. :-) We only have a 2Mbit link, so even if > > I could convince the rest of the CSIR to do nothing, I could only hope > > to do 256kByte/s. :-) I wouldn't have thought that fast in US terms. But > > then they do not have the delay. :-/ > > I'll take your 2 Mbit link with pleasure! :-) I'm still stuck with > 56 kbit frame relay. Well over weekends and late at night when everyone has left it is nice, but during the day there are 3000 people fighting over it. :-) > > Does anyone know if ftp-master allow passive cvsup connections? I tried > > it, but cvsup just says this: > > > > Connected to ftp-master > > Falling back to protocol version 16.1 > > Cannot connect to data port: Connection refused > > Will retry at 05:59:18 > > > > Looking with netstat -a I see the second connection just stay in SYN_SENT > > state. > > It sounds like their firewall is preventing passive mode by > blocking inbound connections to port 5998. You can probably get > peter@freebsd.org to fix that. > > Or, if you are not behind NAT, active mode will probably work. To > select it, either use "-P a" or "-P 6666" (for example). It works > like FTP, where the server initiates a connection back to the client. > With "-P a" the client will listen on an arbitrary transient port. > With the numeric form you can specify a particular port number or a > range of ports. Your firewall will need to allow inbound connections > to the relevant ports, of course. I'm also behind a firewall so I doubt if I'll get active mode working. John -- John Hay -- John.Hay@icomtek.csir.co.za / jhay@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hubs" in the body of the message
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