Re: [gentoo-bsd] TCP (FTP) problem - some sites - while emerging

[Justin Wyer]

Hi Joe, if you check the list archives you will find a thread about the same
problem. It is essentially a TCP window scaling issue, you can check the
archive for details, I am unsure if a solution was found.

Cheers
Justin

On 4/18/07, Joe Peterson <joe@×××××××.com> wrote:
>
> Great!  That should be good to visit.  Is there a time of day when
> people are more likely to be on?  I may try this evening (I'm in US
> mountain time).
>
>         -Thanks, Joe
>
>
> Ignacio Arqué-Latour wrote:
> > Joe
> >> Is the project active right now?
> > Yes
> >> I have high hopes of setting up a working desktop, and I'd be glad to
> > contribute in whatever way I can to the effort.
> > OK, that is the attitude!
> > You are going to find plenty of help from the developers in our irc
> channel
> > (inclusive while you are installing),  please meet us on:
> > channel: #gentoo-bsd
> > server: irc.freenode.net
> >
> > I hope to see you soom in the channel ;-)
> >
> > -- Ignacio
> >
> > On 4/18/07, Joe Peterson <joe@×××××××.com> wrote:
> >> I am in the process of trying out Gentoo/FreeBSD - I love the idea of
> >> being able to use the very cool portage system on BSD!
> >>
> >> Anyway, I have tried the install twice, the second time doing the
> >> "emerge -e system" before the kernel build, but I am getting stuck at
> >> the same issue: I get TCP timeouts to some sites.  This is such a
> >> bummer, and I am asking if anyone knows a solutuon.  I have seen some
> >> other postings to this list that may be the same issue (packet
> mangling?).
> >>
> >> Anyway, as an example, I can never FTP to www.astron.com (where the
> >> "file" package, among other things, lives).  Even if I use wget or lynx
> >> to do an FTP connection, it simply hangs.  I *can* get to this site
> >> using Windows, Linux, and regular FreeBSD (non-Gentoo) from the same
> >> machine and on the same network, so it has to be something to do with
> >> Gentoo/FreeBSD in particular.
> >>
> >> If I can find a way past this problem, I have high hopes of setting up
> a
> >> working desktop, and I'd be glad to contribute in whatever way I can to
> >> the effort.  Is the project active right now?  I have not seen much
> >> activity as of late.  I do wish the best for this project, since I
> think
> >> it is valuable!
> >>
> >>         Thanks!  Joe
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> >>
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