On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 11:21:54PM +1100, Glenn McGrath wrote: > On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 23:53:44 +1300 (NZDT) "Philip Charles" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Why not use fping to check the reply speed of all the mirrors, and > > > choose the fastest as the suggested mirror? > > > > In my case the closest mirror is probably San Francisco, a mere 10,000 > > km (6,000 miles) away. My isp's satellite uplink is there. > > > > In other words, let people choose their mirrors. > > Have you tried netselect-apt, i would be interested to know if it doesnt > find the best mirror.
I have used it several times, and often it does not find the best mirror. Bear in mind that the mirror with the lowest round-trip latency, topological distance, or geographical distance is not always (or even usually) the one with the greatest end-to-end bandwidth available, and hence not always (or even usually) the one which will provide the fastest package downloads. -- - mdz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
