Re: Remote connection fails with Operation timed out.

[Ron Smith]

Well, yes.  There is a firewall between here and the server but that 
port is open because I can perform the exact same CVS command from 
the machine right beside me.  I have compared network settings on the 
two machines and there is nothing unusual there that I can find.

I think you are correct that this is a network error but I'm not sure 
where else to look.  Nothing else seems to be having any problems 
except CVS.  I can telnet, ftp, browse, etc. the server where CVS is 
running.

Oh, I just discovered another clue:  I downloaded the MacCVS client 
and it was able to connect and checkout files (of course, it locked 
every one of them and I had a devil of a time getting that directly 
deleted).  So, it is just the command-line version that is having a 
problem.


> Ron Smith writes:
> >  At 11:31 AM -0400 6/7/01, Larry Jones wrote:
> >  >Ron Smith writes:
> >  >>
> >  >>  cvs [login aborted]: connect to ga01db03(1.2.2.21):2401 failed:
> >  >>  Operation timed out
> >  >
> >  >Looks to me like you've got a network problem on the client machine.
> >  >I suspect that telnet to the server machine would also time out.
> >
> >  Nope, I can telnet to the machine just fine -- I can even run CVS
> >  locally on that machine just fine.
>
> Nonetheless, the error message you're getting indicates that the
> client's request to connect to the server timed out, which clearly
> indicates a network problem of some sort.  Perhaps there's a firewall
> between the client and server that's blocking port 2401?
>
> -Larry Jones
>
> Let's just sit here a moment... and savor the impending terror. -- Calvin


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