Re: mirrors not reachable

[bmarcum@iglou.com (Bill Marcum)]

On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 10:53:23AM -0500, Paul wrote:
> I'm trying to keep my debian updated over dialup by fetching packages 
> overnight.  Unfortunately, I keep experiencing failures with messages 
> such as:
> 
>   Connection timed out [IP: 128.101.80.133 80]
> 
>   Temporary failure resolving 'ftp.au.debian.org'
> 
>   Cannot initiate the connection to ftp.us.debian.org:80 (35.9.37.225). 
> - connect (101 Network is unreachable)
> 
> With results like this:
> 
> Fetched 28.3kB in 3h37m47s (2B/s)
> 
> Obviously, I'm not making much progress.
> 
> I've tried picking 2 mirrors on opposite sides of the planet (ftp.us and 
> ftp.au) thinking one would be available if the other were syncing, but 
> this isn't working either.
> 
> Anyone know of mirrors that stay open overnight (US time)?
> 
Try the apt-spy package.  It tests many mirror sites and chooses the 
fastest one.