An install with either of the following: Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop http://sg.archive.ubuntu.com/ Ubuntu 8.04 Alternative http://sg.archive.ubuntu.com/ offers no option for sources except during install when it asks you what region you are in.
If you choose Singapore you get http://sg.archive.ubuntu.com. I have a Starhub broadband account. 12MB Sometimes http://sg.archive.ubuntu.com is slow 90KB up to 750KB second max. I have a Singnet broadband account. 1MB Sometimes http://sg.archive.ubuntu.com is very slow. 0KB/14KB to fastest 60KB On Singnet 1 never go over 80% of theoretical. 1000KB/1MB 1000/8 = 125KB I'd expect at least 90% of 125KB or 110KB. Is my problem with sg.archive.ubuntu.com or Singnet or Starhub or all. > 202.148.160.130 0.0% 16.1 15.2 14.0 16.1 1.1 > nus-gw.sox.net.sg 0.0% 14.2 16.5 13.7 21.6 4.5 > ftp.cita.nus.edu.sg 0.0% 15.0 14.9 14.6 15.0 0.2 I got 11 hops by the way... nslookup Non-authoritative answer: Name: archive.ubuntu.com Address: 91.189.92.2 Name: archive.ubuntu.com Address: 91.189.88.31 Name: archive.ubuntu.com Address: 91.189.92.22 Name: archive.ubuntu.com Address: 91.189.92.3 Non-authoritative answer: sg.archive.ubuntu.com canonical name = ftp.science.nus.edu.sg. Name: ftp.science.nus.edu.sg Address: 137.132.69.169 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archivemirrors --http://ftp.science.nus.edu.sg/ubuntu/ --ftp://ftp.science.nus.edu.sg/pub/ubuntu/ % [whois.apnic.net node-1] % Whois data copyright terms http://www.apnic.net/db/dbcopyright.html inetnum: 137.132.0.0 - 137.132.255.255 netname: NUSNET descr: imported inetnum object for NUS-1 country: SG admin-c: CCNU1-AP tech-c: CCNU1-AP status: ALLOCATED PORTABLE remarks: -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-++-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ remarks: This object can only be updated by APNIC hostmasters. remarks: To update this object, please contact APNIC remarks: hostmasters and include your organisation's account remarks: name in the subject line. remarks: -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-++-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ remarks: Fault, Abuse & Spam Reporting: remarks: Spam and Abuse: [EMAIL PROTECTED] remarks: Network Issues: [EMAIL PROTECTED] remarks: NOC Telephone: +65-6516-1786 remarks: -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-++-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ notify: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SNIP ------> If I use mirror in Japan or Taiwan the speeds are much greater with Starhub and up to the maximum with Singnet. My question is why is science.nus.edu.sg in general slow and or unreliable? Is Singnet slowing the site down on purpose? Or why, any institution in Singapore would share Ubuntu at such slow and or unreliable speeds? Examples - using apt-get: k3b 29.1MB in 45s Starhub. .65MB per second mplayer 22.4 MB in 30m 40s Singnet .73MB per minute .012MB per second. Singnet 54 times slower that Starhub. Should be 12 times slower. Typical speeds with ftp.science.nus.edu.sg http://free.nchc.org.tw/ubuntu/ apache2 Singnet 1.61 MB 33 sec. sendmail Singnet 1.91 MB 38 sec. scribus Singnet 12.7 MB 160 sec Konqueror 19.9 MB 86 sec. Note different mirrors similar problems with debian4.0r3? _______________________________________________ Slugnet mailing list [email protected] http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet
