[cvsnt] CVS and Firewall

[Arthur Barrett]

Al,

> I have never been able to get CVS to work with either the XP 
> or Vista Firewall. Even though I have added the exception for 
> CVS.exe to the firewall, it takes a long time to complete any 
> operation with the firewall enabled. However, if I disable 
> the firewall, it completes almost instantaneously.Do I need 
> to add any other exceptions (other than for CVS.exe) in the 
> Firewall? I tried opening ports 2401 and 2402 but that did 
> not help either.Thanks.

Please send the exact command you are typing that takes a 'long time' on
the client, preferably a checkout command showing the CVSROOT, eg:
cvs -d :pserver:user at host:/repo checkout fred

Please also provide details as to which XP of Vista you are using (ie:
is it XP Home?) and as much information as you have about the server (is
it CVSNT, is it in the same building, is it windows or linux etc).

Regards,


Arthur