Re: problems with debian mirrors
>>>>> "JG" == Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ualberta.ca> writes:
JG> Considering your ISP is called pathcom.com I'd say their Tech
JG> support is telling falsehoods to you, but that's just a guess :>
JG> traceroute it and see if it leaves their network.
@phoenix:[/home/ssahmed] traceroute cache01.tor.pathcom.com
traceroute to cache01.tor.pathcom.com (209.250.153.18), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets
1 ts03.tor.pathcom.com (209.250.155.104) 156.513 ms 138.225 ms 149.991 ms
2 fe1-0.core03.tor.pathcom.com (209.250.155.97) 140.470 ms 137.531 ms 149.576 ms
3 fe0-0.core01.tor.pathcom.com (209.250.155.1) 149.695 ms 138.076 ms 139.723 ms
4 pos6-0.borderedge.pathcom.com (209.250.155.66) 131.976 ms 137.550 ms 129.615 ms
5 cache01.tor.pathcom.com (209.250.153.18) 140.509 ms 128.635 ms 179.803 ms
Their tech support was either clueless or lying to me. Frankly, I
suspect the latter!!
JG> If you set http_proxy to http://cache01.tor.pathcom.com:80/ then
JG> APT might have better luck dealing with it.
Tried that. Didn't help. I converted the URIs in my
/etc/apt/sources.list to use ftp instead of http and things are better
now.
JG>
JG> How it works is they have a router that intercepts all traffic
JG> on port 80 and directs it to that machine, you can't advoid
JG> it. Typically this is used to reduce bandwidth through forced
JG> caching, but it is starting to become a means of content control
JG> too I've heard..
Its interesting that you talk about bandwidth reduction through this
transparent proxying mechanism. About 2 weeks ago, my ISP relocated
their data-center to a new location and upgraded their modem pool. They
said that all that would result in better performance for Pathway
customers. Since about 2 weeks, I have noticed a slight but consistent
reduction in their bandwidth. The best downloads that I can get now are
at about 3.1-3.3K/s. Prior to that I was getting about 4.1K/s
consistently.
Thanks for your helpful and informative posts Jason.
Regards,
--
Salman Ahmed
ssahmed AT pathcom DOT com
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