How big is this circle?  I'm based in the Middle East, and have gotten
update servers from Russia, UK, Aus - that's a very big circle!
 
Regards

Sean


Marcus Meissner wrote:
> On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 12:13:35PM +0400, Sean Craig wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> I don't think this is OT at all.  If update server addresses are dished
>> out in a round-robin fashion this might distribute the load, but is far
>> from optimal.  Surely there is a more intelligent method based on the
>> originating IP range?  If web servers can generate country-specific
>> statistics then this should be possible.
>>     
>
> It is done using the timezone you specify in the installer, and 
> a circle around it.
>
> Ciao, Marcus
>   
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