On Tuesday 31 May 2005 12:26, the author Lowell Gilbert contributed to the dialogue on- Re: ftp server frustrating:
>Vizion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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: ------------------------------------------ Name (ftp.freebsd.org:root): anonymous 331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password. Password: 421 Disconnecting you since you didn't login successfully within 15 seconds. ftp: Login failed. -------------------------------------------- I have found that logging by typing my email address is virtually impossible. The only way to do it in time is to copy the email address to clipboard >Perhaps you are running into problems with a local firewall that is >cutting off your connection? There is no firewall > >For another thing, the connection controls are *much* less stringent >on most of the mirror servers. I am really asking why does it have to be so short - what is the reason? >The fact that some mirror wasn't >working for you was a separate problem which can be solved >separately. This seems to happen with some regularity at the moment -- some files seem not to be found when fetching that I can get manually but ONLY from freebsd.org. Whether files take some time to propogate -- maybe because I keep my distfiles up to date I experience that problem more often than the average.. It just seems to me that the access is unreasonably tight. david -- 40 yrs navigating and computing in blue waters. English Owner & Captain of British Registered 60' bluewater Ketch S/V Taurus. Currently in San Diego, CA. Sailing May/June bound for Europe via Panama Canal. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
