Re: ftp server frustrating

From: Dan Nelson (dnelson_at_allantgroup.com)
Date: 05/31/05

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To: Vizion <vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com>

    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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