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 -------------------------------------------- Shri Shrikumar U R Byte Solutions 23 McDonald Road Edinburgh EH7 4LX www.urbyte.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------- 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... > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
