Re: Response of *.freebsd.org websites are very slow

On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 11:37 AM, Daniel Kalchev <daniel_at_digsys.bg> wrote:
>
>
> On 27.02.13 12:23, Daniel Nebdal wrote:
>>
>> I think you're supposed to be automatically sent to the mirror that is
>> closest to you - for some value of "closest". If the mirror you're
>> getting has issues, that might show up like this. Could you post the
>> output of "traceroute ftp.freebsd.org" ? It should show which mirror
>> you're getting, and perhaps if there are any obvious problems on the
>> way.
>
>
> I believe, in his case that would be "traceroute ftp.tr.freebsd.org". The
> list of mirrors is here http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/mirrors-ftp.html
>
> in any case, "anything *.freebsd.org" actually refers to plenty of hosts all
> over the world -- some might be slow, some very fast.
>
> On the other hand, "Address could not be found" type of errors indicates
> something else than "fast" or "slow".
>
> Daniel
>

That sounds likely, yes - and interestingly, it seems to be down:


djnebdal_at_login2 ~> traceroute -w 1 ftp.tr.freebsd.org
traceroute to ftp.tr.freebsd.org (193.140.143.151), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
 1  mrom-gw1.uio.no (129.240.12.3)  0.881 ms  0.922 ms  0.981 ms
 2  uio-gw7.uio.no (129.240.25.5)  0.387 ms  0.437 ms  0.492 ms
 3  uio-gw8.uio.no (129.240.25.190)  0.336 ms  0.400 ms  0.419 ms
 4  oslo-gw.uninett.no (128.39.65.17)  0.316 ms  0.355 ms  0.378 ms
 5  se-tug.nordu.net (109.105.102.21)  7.947 ms  23.017 ms  23.080 ms
 6  dk-uni.nordu.net (109.105.97.10)  16.457 ms  16.471 ms  16.456 ms
 7  nordunet-bckp2.rt1.ams.nl.geant.net (62.40.125.205)  29.590 ms
29.631 ms  29.662 ms
 8  so-2-0-0.rt1.fra.de.geant2.net (62.40.112.9)  36.480 ms  36.476 ms
 36.473 ms
 9  so-2-1-0.rt1.pra.cz.geant2.net (62.40.112.37)  42.983 ms  42.986
ms  42.944 ms
10  as0.rt1.bud.hu.geant2.net (62.40.112.42)  49.833 ms  49.594 ms  51.680 ms
11  so-2-0-0.rt1.sof.bg.geant2.net (62.40.112.201)  62.857 ms  62.901
ms  62.742 ms
12  ulakbim-gw.rt1.sof.bg.geant.net (62.40.125.130)  73.853 ms  73.985
ms  73.390 ms
13  * * *
(...)
30  * * *

djnebdal_at_login2 ~> ping ftp.tr.freebsd.org
PING ftpfreebsd.marmara.edu.tr (193.140.143.151) 56(84) bytes of data.

--- ftpfreebsd.marmara.edu.tr ping statistics ---
28 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 27001ms