Hi. On Sun, 11 Oct 2015 21:19:32 -0400 Ed Jabbour <e...@att.net> wrote:
> Running Wheezy. Recently, update has been hanging on > http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main and > http://http.debian.net/debian wheezy-backports main. The other repos > at uchicago.edu breeze through, but the two above just sit there > waiting -- waiting -- waiting until they finally connect. I tried > the redirector - http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-backports > main - same hang. Also, trying to get to the Debian irc at Freenode > just sits there for a few minutes before connecting. I can ping these > sites without a hitch and traceroute shows nothing amiss. I edited > resolv.conf to a new DNS server, but nada. Any advice, pointers, > work-arounds, etc. appreciated. Have you tested the possibility of MTU blackhole somewhere between you and security.debian.org? I.e. given conventional Ethernet, and normal circumstances, this should work: ping -s 1472 -M dont -c 4 security.debian.org But if something just discards IP packets with MTU 1500 along the way, such ping would fail. Reco
