On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 16:20:11 -0400, Ed Jabbour <e...@att.net> wrote: > On Monday, October 12, 2015 02:34:25 AM Reco wrote: > > 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. > > > > 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 > > I ran it and got: > > [Mon Oct 12]~ $ ping -s 1472 -M dont -c 4 security.debian.org > PING security.debian.org (128.61.240.73) 1472(1500) bytes of data. > 1480 bytes from sechter.debian.org (128.61.240.73): icmp_req=1 ttl=52 > time=70.3 mshttp.debian.net/ > 1480 bytes from sechter.debian.org (128.61.240.73): icmp_req=2 ttl=52 > time=70.5 ms > 1480 bytes from sechter.debian.org (128.61.240.73): icmp_req=3 ttl=52 > time=70.7 ms > 1480 bytes from sechter.debian.org (128.61.240.73): icmp_req=4 ttl=52 > time=70.7 ms > > Looks OK to me. I changed the backports repo from debian.net to > uchicago.edu and everything just flows. Now, if I can only find the > problem with security.debian.net, which as I understand it, has no > trustworthy mirrors
You should try using http://ftp.acc.umu.se/debian/ for your stable, stable-updates and such. By far the best and fastest Debian mirror I know of. For security, try using http://security.debian.org/ as opposed to .net.