pkg_add down!

i have set my PACKAGESITE to ftp3 and ftp10 and then
monitored the 
throughput with my "packetshaper" and it looks as
though there is a 
problem.  I use pkg_add -r perl and pkg_add -r
nessus-plugins noth of 
them going to different ftp servers one on 3 and the other
on 10 however 
checking the ftp traffic flow during this process is a
little concerning.

It will start some traffic not much in the 500 bytes to
start the 
transfer but then drop to 0 for minutes at a time.

I am running FreeBSD xxx.xxx.xxx 6.0-RELEASE FreeBSD
6.0-RELEASE #0: Thu 
Nov  3 09:36:13 UTC 2005     
rootx64.samsco.home:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386

if I go to the ftp site with my browser it seems to work
fine.

What should I do as the package never seems to download.  is
there a 
queue on the ftp servers?
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On Jan 31, 2006, at 12:38 PM, Sean Murphy wrote:
> if I go to the ftp site with my browser it seems to
work fine.
>
> What should I do as the package never seems to
download.  is there  
> a queue on the ftp servers?

No queue.  Presumably you have a local network problem
involving  
active versus passive FTP or perhaps a Path MTU discovery
issue,  
although you might simply have PACKAGESITE set wrong, too. 


Does "ifconfig _en0_ mtu 1400" fix it, where you
replace _en0_ with  
the NIC you have...?

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the pkg_add -r command does no use the port names with the
version
number on them.
Check out the install guide at www.a1poweruser.com  and read
the
'port and package section' for a detailed description on how
to find
the correct package name to use.


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Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 12:50 PM
To: Sean Murphy
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Subject: Re: pkg_add down!


On Jan 31, 2006, at 12:38 PM, Sean Murphy wrote:
> if I go to the ftp site with my browser it seems to
work fine.
>
> What should I do as the package never seems to
download.  is there
> a queue on the ftp servers?

No queue.  Presumably you have a local network problem
involving
active versus passive FTP or perhaps a Path MTU discovery
issue,
although you might simply have PACKAGESITE set wrong, too. 


Does "ifconfig _en0_ mtu 1400" fix it, where you
replace _en0_ with
the NIC you have...?

--
-Chuck

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I just now installed 6.0 from cd and installed all my ports
using
the pkg_add command and its default ftp server.
Took less than 2 hours start to finish.
I have no firewall or "packetshaper" in between.
So there is nothing wrong with  Freebsd 6.0 or pkg_add
command.
pkg_add uses fetch in passive mode as default.

Look very hard at your "packetshaper" or firewall
as source of your
problem.
Try turning then off before you run the pkg_add command
again.

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From: owner-freebsd-questionsfreebsd.org
[mailto:owner-freebsd-questionsfreebsd.org]On Behalf Of
Sean Murphy
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 12:38 PM
To: freebsd-questionsfreebsd.org
Subject: pkg_add down!


i have set my PACKAGESITE to ftp3 and ftp10 and then
monitored the
throughput with my "packetshaper" and it looks as
though there is a
problem.  I use pkg_add -r perl and pkg_add -r
nessus-plugins noth
of
them going to different ftp servers one on 3 and the other
on 10
however
checking the ftp traffic flow during this process is a
little
concerning.

It will start some traffic not much in the 500 bytes to
start the
transfer but then drop to 0 for minutes at a time.

I am running FreeBSD xxx.xxx.xxx 6.0-RELEASE FreeBSD
6.0-RELEASE #0:
Thu
Nov  3 09:36:13 UTC 2005
rootx64.samsco.home:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386

if I go to the ftp site with my browser it seems to work
fine.

What should I do as the package never seems to download.  is
there a
queue on the ftp servers?
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