Re: [CentOS] fasttest mirror -doesnt seem to pick sites near my region
my region Linux Advocate wrote: johny, thanx for the link. i think 'my' should point to jp, cn, tw, au,sg. the setup u have there is ;) do all ISP's in .MY use the same peering/trunking or do different providers have different sorts of international backbone connections? different. we have routes to sg, tw (jp, cn) and then one to au. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] fasttest mirror -doesnt seem to pick sites near my region
inetnum: 60.48.0.0 - 60.54.255.255 netname: XDSLSTREAMYX descr:Telekom Malaysia Berhad descr:Network Strategy descr:Wisma Telekom descr:Jalan Pantai Baru descr:50672 Kuala Lumpur country: MY . A couple different geo-ip databases I queried on the web (geoiptool.com maxmind.com) concurred yes. so normally i choose mirrors frm taiwan, japan, australia... always got the best speeds frm them. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] fasttest mirror -doesnt seem to pick sites near my region
John R Pierce wrote: fwiw, it appears linux advocate is sending his email from a Malaysia IP per the email headres... $ whois 60.50.xxx.yyy [Querying whois.apnic.net] [whois.apnic.net] % [whois.apnic.net node-2] % Whois data copyright termshttp://www.apnic.net/db/dbcopyright.html inetnum: 60.48.0.0 - 60.54.255.255 netname: XDSLSTREAMYX descr:Telekom Malaysia Berhad descr:Network Strategy descr:Wisma Telekom descr:Jalan Pantai Baru descr:50672 Kuala Lumpur country: MY For the record on this one, it seems that our version of the geoip database does not do a proper lookup for IP addresses in the 60.50.50.50 (as an example IP of that range). What I get is unknown (with our current version). When unknown, it passes a list of high bandwidth machines. I will get and build a newer version of the GeoIP database and see if I can get a better result. johny, are u the maintainer for the geo-ip database? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] fasttest mirror -doesnt seem to pick sites near my region
#mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releaseverarch=$basearchrepo=os baseurl=ftp://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/centos/$releasever/os/$basearch/ gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=ftp://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5 Regards, Oliver I have done this; -disabled the fastestmirror plugin ( frm the conf file by setting enabled=0 ) -modified CentOS-Base.repo [base-1] name=CentOS-5 - Base #mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=5arch=i386repo=os baseurl=http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/centos/$releasever/os/$basearch/ exclude=postfix* perl-MIME-Base64 perl-DBI priority=1 enabled=1 what about the rpmforge repos? Will this link do? http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/dag/redhat/el5/en/i386/rpmforge/RPMS/ ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] fasttest mirror -doesnt seem to pick sites near my region
If you take a look in /etc/yum.repos.d/ you will see a number of files. There should be example baseurl lines in the repo files which will be commented out by default. Here's an example of how I use this to manually use my local ISPs mirror for the base repo: [base] name=CentOS-$releasever - Base #mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releaseverarch=$basearchrepo=os baseurl=ftp://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/centos/$releasever/os/$basearch/ gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=ftp://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5 Regards, Oliver I have done this; -disabled the fastestmirror plugin ( frm the conf file by setting enabled=0 ) -modified CentOS-Base.repo [base-1] name=CentOS-5 - Base #mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=5arch=i386repo=os baseurl=http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/centos/$releasever/os/$basearch/ exclude=postfix* perl-MIME-Base64 perl-DBI priority=1 enabled=1 what about the rpmforge repos? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] fasttest mirror -doesnt seem to pick sites near my region
my repos are configured to use mirrorlist. how do i add mirrors manually? If you take a look in /etc/yum.repos.d/ you will see a number of files. There should be example baseurl lines in the repo files which will be commented out by default. Here's an example of how I use this to manually use my local ISPs mirror for the base repo: [base] name=CentOS-$releasever - Base #mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releaseverarch=$basearchrepo=os baseurl=ftp://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/centos/$releasever/os/$basearch/ gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=ftp://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5 Regards, Oliver oliver what kind of speeds do u get? what line do u have? i have a 1.0 mbps adsl ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] fasttest mirror -doesnt seem to pick sites near my region
On 24/08/2009, at 7:06 PM, Linux Advocate wrote: my repos are configured to use mirrorlist. how do i add mirrors manually? If you take a look in /etc/yum.repos.d/ you will see a number of files. There should be example baseurl lines in the repo files which will be commented out by default. Here's an example of how I use this to manually use my local ISPs mirror for the base repo: [base] name=CentOS-$releasever - Base #mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releaseverarch=$basearchrepo=os baseurl=ftp://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/centos/$releasever/os/$basearch/ gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=ftp://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5 Regards, Oliver oliver what kind of speeds do u get? what line do u have? i have a 1.0 mbps adsl I get 10Mbits from my own ISP's mirror, and I'd probably get the same from any other official Australian mirror sites. I have ADSL2+. If I tried any mirror sites outside of Australia it would probably be noticeably slower. If you're in SE Asia I'd imagine any mirror site in Singapore or Korea or Japan should be quite fast. Those countries seem to be the main hubs for traffic in that region. Regards, Oliver ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] fasttest mirror -doesnt seem to pick sites near my region
#mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releaseverarch=$basearchrepo=os baseurl=ftp://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/centos/$releasever/os/$basearch/ gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=ftp://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5 Regards, Oliver oliver what kind of speeds do u get? what line do u have? i have a 1.0 mbps adsl I get 10Mbits from my own ISP's mirror, and I'd probably get the same from any other official Australian mirror sites. I have ADSL2+. If I tried any mirror sites outside of Australia it would probably be noticeably slower. If you're in SE Asia I'd imagine any mirror site in Singapore or Korea or Japan should be quite fast. Those countries seem to be the main hubs for traffic in that region. what site do u use for rpmforge? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] fasttest mirror -doesnt seem to pick sites near my region
Linux Advocate wrote: John R Pierce wrote: fwiw, it appears linux advocate is sending his email from a Malaysia IP per the email headres... $ whois 60.50.xxx.yyy [Querying whois.apnic.net] [whois.apnic.net] % [whois.apnic.net node-2] % Whois data copyright termshttp://www.apnic.net/db/dbcopyright.html inetnum: 60.48.0.0 - 60.54.255.255 netname: XDSLSTREAMYX descr:Telekom Malaysia Berhad descr:Network Strategy descr:Wisma Telekom descr:Jalan Pantai Baru descr:50672 Kuala Lumpur country: MY For the record on this one, it seems that our version of the geoip database does not do a proper lookup for IP addresses in the 60.50.50.50 (as an example IP of that range). What I get is unknown (with our current version). When unknown, it passes a list of high bandwidth machines. I will get and build a newer version of the GeoIP database and see if I can get a better result. johny, are u the maintainer for the geo-ip database? I maintain the RPM that is used as part of CentOS Extras and that we use on the CentOS servers in question. I did some major work on the app that CentOS uses for mirrorlists and isolists over the weekend. Especially in the AP region, as we have picked up some mirrors there recently. Here is a thread that shows the relationship logic of the app: http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2009-August/081033.html If people who think the lists need to change will tell me the good and bad servers for their country, I can change the logic. Thanks, Johnny Hughes signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] fasttest mirror -doesnt seem to pick sites near my region
I maintain the RPM that is used as part of CentOS Extras and that we use on the CentOS servers in question. I did some major work on the app that CentOS uses for mirrorlists and isolists over the weekend. Especially in the AP region, as we have picked up some mirrors there recently. Here is a thread that shows the relationship logic of the app: http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2009-August/081033.html If people who think the lists need to change will tell me the good and bad servers for their country, I can change the logic. Thanks, Johnny Hughes johny, thanx for the link. i think 'my' should point to jp, cn, tw, au,sg. the setup u have there is ;) ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] fasttest mirror -doesnt seem to pick sites near my region
Linux Advocate wrote: johny, thanx for the link. i think 'my' should point to jp, cn, tw, au,sg. the setup u have there is ;) do all ISP's in .MY use the same peering/trunking or do different providers have different sorts of international backbone connections? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] fasttest mirror -doesnt seem to pick sites near my region
i have tried yum clean all , yum clean metadata - Original Message From: Linux Advocate linuxhous...@yahoo.com To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 8:56:37 PM Subject: [CentOS] fasttest mirror -doesnt seem to pick sites near my region guys, i have the yum plugin - fastest mirror . But not even once i have seen it selecting repos which are near my region such as japan or australia ( where i get the best speeds). Something is wrong. It seems stuck with these 3 sites ; Determining fastest mirrors * ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de : 0.309373 secs * apt.sw.be : 0.483867 secs * fr2.rpmfind.net : 0.503842 secs ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] fasttest mirror -doesnt seem to pick sites near my region
On 22/08/2009, at 10:37 PM, Linux Advocate wrote: i have tried yum clean all , yum clean metadata - Original Message From: Linux Advocate linuxhous...@yahoo.com To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 8:56:37 PM Subject: [CentOS] fasttest mirror -doesnt seem to pick sites near my region guys, i have the yum plugin - fastest mirror . But not even once i have seen it selecting repos which are near my region such as japan or australia ( where i get the best speeds). Something is wrong. It seems stuck with these 3 sites ; Determining fastest mirrors * ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de : 0.309373 secs * apt.sw.be : 0.483867 secs * fr2.rpmfind.net : 0.503842 secs Hi Linux Advocate, I have found this a problem for the Australian servers I manage as well. I suggest you manually test the speed of some local mirrors then manually specify a mirror rather than relying on the fastest mirror plugin. If your ISP mirrors content locally then that'd be the logical mirror to use. Good luck, Oliver ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] fasttest mirror -doesnt seem to pick sites near my region
Hi Linux Advocate, I have found this a problem for the Australian servers I manage as well. I suggest you manually test the speed of some local mirrors then manually specify a mirror rather than relying on the fastest mirror plugin. If your ISP mirrors content locally then that'd be the logical mirror to use. my repos are configured to use mirrorlist. how do i add mirrors manually? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] fasttest mirror -doesnt seem to pick sites near my region
John R Pierce wrote: fwiw, it appears linux advocate is sending his email from a Malaysia IP per the email headres... $ whois 60.50.xxx.yyy [Querying whois.apnic.net] [whois.apnic.net] % [whois.apnic.net node-2] % Whois data copyright termshttp://www.apnic.net/db/dbcopyright.html inetnum: 60.48.0.0 - 60.54.255.255 netname: XDSLSTREAMYX descr:Telekom Malaysia Berhad descr:Network Strategy descr:Wisma Telekom descr:Jalan Pantai Baru descr:50672 Kuala Lumpur country: MY For the record on this one, it seems that our version of the geoip database does not do a proper lookup for IP addresses in the 60.50.50.50 (as an example IP of that range). What I get is unknown (with our current version). When unknown, it passes a list of high bandwidth machines. I will get and build a newer version of the GeoIP database and see if I can get a better result. Thanks, Johnny Hughes signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] fasttest mirror -doesnt seem to pick sites near my region
Johnny Hughes wrote: What I get is unknown (with our current version). When unknown, it passes a list of high bandwidth machines. I will get and build a newer version of the GeoIP database and see if I can get a better result. I reported a problem like this much earlier. I am in Hong Kong. Mirror selects .TW sites for me. BUT, although .TW is close the actual data transfer between there and here is very slow. I learned almost 20 years ago not to do transfers from there. I excluded all .TW sites in the .CONF file. This wasn't working so good. I noticed that almost all of the sites listed were .EDU.TW so I changed my exclusion to just the .EDU.TW sites. I now live with this exclusion. Mel ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] fasttest mirror -doesnt seem to pick sites near my region
tech wrote: Johnny Hughes wrote: What I get is unknown (with our current version). When unknown, it passes a list of high bandwidth machines. I will get and build a newer version of the GeoIP database and see if I can get a better result. I reported a problem like this much earlier. I am in Hong Kong. Mirror selects .TW sites for me. BUT, although .TW is close the actual data transfer between there and here is very slow. I learned almost 20 years ago not to do transfers from there. I excluded all .TW sites in the .CONF file. This wasn't working so good. I noticed that almost all of the sites listed were .EDU.TW so I changed my exclusion to just the .EDU.TW sites. I now live with this exclusion. OK, the original problem is fixed in that we now have a better database. WRT what is considered fast for a given country, I will publish what we currently use, and have the community tell us if it is working or not. I will do this on another thread. One thing to consider is countries where we actually have mirrors as well. It will all be in the new thread. Thanks, Johnny Hughes signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
