Re: apt-get connect takes forever, download instantaneous
Just a thought,
try ping www.debian.org. if it takes a while to resolve the ip address,
then the problem is something to do with the dns server (yours /
external)
you could also try dig www.debian.org and see how long that takes.
good luck,
Shri
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On Sun, 2001-12-09 at 07:35, Seth Delackner wrote:
> First, hello and thanks. Please be gentle, this is my first debian-users
> post.
>
> Whilst installing debian-stable I am encountering the most bizarre
> behavior: During the apt-setup stage, using ftp or http,
> the "Connecting" stage of opening an apt mirror takes upwards of a
> minute, but the actual file transfers happen quite fast over my DSL.
>
> First I thought this might be alleviated by forcing apt to do passive
> ftp transfers using the apt.conf line 'Acquire::ftp::passive "true";',
> but this didn't help.
>
> Because the linux machine is behind a NAT firewall that might have
> been causing grief, I tried setting apt-setup to use http, though
> this didn't help. So I set apt.conf to include 'Acquire::http::Proxy'
> of my firewall's http proxy. While apt was happy to now use my proxy,
> it still took about a minute to connect.
>
> Now, I've been watching my firewall's debug output, and after the
> apt-setup program DNS queries the mirror's name, nothing happens
> for a minute or so, then suddenly a burst of http requests flow by
> as it retrieves the files.
>
> I've tried looking through the archive and searched google a million
> different ways, but have failed utterly to find an answer to this.
>
> Also! If anyone is still reading: The debian install guide makes
> absolutely no mention of the apt.conf options and I had to look
> far and wide to stumble on the apt.conf man page because by that
> stage of my net install man pages were not yet available...
>
>
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