On 2026-07-30, Kevin Chadwick <[email protected]> wrote: > I've discovered that using mirrors with http instead of https solves a
Is there any difference between various mirrors? (Which have you tried?) > particular issue with Three mobile networks. I don't see connection retries on > Linux on the same network using https. I did use tcpdump but I couldn't see > much > at all. It does seem to happen towards the end of e.g. BSD or base.tgz > download. I don't have any SIMs on Three to test here. Might be worth trying a lower MTU though. > I have no idea what's going on and http works (far better than using ftp -C to > get syspatches manually) but thought it might be worth mentioning. I assume it > would happen on any Three mobile connection but I have only had it happening > on > a three mobile phone connection for years and even more recently a separate > three mobile broadband connection at a different mast but not far away. > > Another noticeable thing about Three mobile connections is that without e.g. a > Warp VPN then google will ask for captcha to search because CGNAT means many > connections from each IP but I don't see how that would relate to https. > Especially when it's every time you try to download base.tgz usually or always > towards the very end of the download (CGNAT IP changes aren't that frequent). > -- Please keep replies on the mailing list.
