On Sun 26 Aug 2012 at 11:49:57 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > I'm not sure where the http://http.debian.net/debian came from. Most > mirrors are in the form ftp.??.debian.org/debian, where the ?? are > the country code. I can't ping the http.debian.net url either and I > have a working Internet connection.
brian@desktop:~$ ping http.debian.net PING http.debian.net (174.142.22.90) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from ghost.puffinhost.com (174.142.22.90): icmp_req=1 ttl=49 time=107 ms 64 bytes from ghost.puffinhost.com (174.142.22.90): icmp_req=2 ttl=49 time=108 ms 64 bytes from ghost.puffinhost.com (174.142.22.90): icmp_req=3 ttl=49 time=107 ms 64 bytes from ghost.puffinhost.com (174.142.22.90): icmp_req=4 ttl=49 time=107 ms 64 bytes from ghost.puffinhost.com (174.142.22.90): icmp_req=5 ttl=49 time=107 ms Have a read of http://http.debian.net/ to get an idea of what the redirector does. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120826155943.GC27914@desktop