Re: apt-get connect takes forever, download instantaneous

2001-12-11 Thread Brian McGroarty
On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 06:51:33AM -0800, Seth Delackner wrote: On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 12:06:44AM +, Shri Shrikumar wrote: 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 /

Re: apt-get connect takes forever, download instantaneous

2001-12-10 Thread Seth Delackner
On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 12:06:44AM +, Shri Shrikumar wrote: 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

apt-get connect takes forever, download instantaneous

2001-12-09 Thread Seth Delackner
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

Re: apt-get connect takes forever, download instantaneous

2001-12-09 Thread Brian Nelson
Seth Delackner [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 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

Re: apt-get connect takes forever, download instantaneous

2001-12-09 Thread Tony Green
* This one time, at band camp, Brian Nelson said: Try using a local mirror. http://www.debian.org/misc/README.mirrors Can I also suggest looking at 'netselect-apt' (package netselect and only in woody+ IIRC) If you change to /etc/apt, backup sources.list, then try 'netselect-apt

Re: apt-get connect takes forever, download instantaneous

2001-12-09 Thread Shri Shrikumar
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