[PLUG] question on Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric) repositories availability in Oregon

[Fernando Freire]

I too, lost access to cat.pdx.edu, although I was accessing Arch-Linux
repositories. I ended up changing my update server to point to the OSU
OS Lab, which seemed to work fine. Hope this helps!

On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 12:45 PM, website reader
<website.reader3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I lost the ability to rsync into the Ubuntu mirror repository at
> "mirrors.cat.pdx.edu" over the past weekend, and trying to use the
> "mirror.uoregon.edu" repo also fails.  The pdx repository states that
> a network link cannot be made and redirects to "opal.cat.pdx.edu",
> while the U of OR link simply replies NOP on the rsync request (had to
> take a look inside the TCP packet to figure out what was happening in
> this case)
>
> It is close to the official release of Ubuntu Oneiric, could the repos
> be limiting access to avoid everyone landing on them and overloading
> bandwidth?  Or perhaps the problem is local to me?
>
> The pdx repository has been running well for months, so it was a
> surprise to lose access.
>
> I would like to know if these repos are accessible to others in the
> Portland area.  Thanks for letting me know.
>
> Randall
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