Wanting to checkout cvs automake

[Tim Heath]

        I execute the command with the following output:

cvs -z 9 -d :pserver:address@hidden:/cvs/automake login
(Logging in to address@hidden)
CVS password:
cvs [login aborted]: connect to anoncvs.cygnus.com:2401 failed:
Connection timed
 out

I ping anoncvs.cygnus.com at get:

ping anoncvs.cygnus.com
PING sourceware.cygnus.com: 64 byte packets
64 bytes from : icmp_seq=0. time=378. ms
64 bytes from : icmp_seq=1. time=327. ms
64 bytes from : icmp_seq=3. time=417. ms
64 bytes from : icmp_seq=4. time=308. ms
64 bytes from : icmp_seq=5. time=424. ms
64 bytes from : icmp_seq=6. time=409. ms
64 bytes from : icmp_seq=7. time=314. ms

so I know it is up and running.  Can anyone tell me why it won't work? 
I am very interested in getting the automatic dependency generation that
is not specific to the gcc compiler.

Thanks,

Tim Heath