Re: [webmin-l] Slow Update Downloads

[John H. <web...@ew...>]

John Hinton wrote:
> Jamie Cameron wrote:
>> On 20/Feb/2006 14:04 John Hinton wrote ..
>>  
>>> I'm really not trying to complain here, but just inform...
>>>
>>> Seems like about one third of the times I do an upgrade, it either 
>>> bombs
>>> out with no data transferred or comes in painfully slow.
>>>
>>> At present, after about 10 minutes I have this on my screen as it 
>>> creeps
>>> along
>>>
>>> Downloading 
>>> http://osdn.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/webadmin/webmin-1.260-1.noarch.rpm 
>>>
>>> (9866118 bytes) ..
>>>      Received 1024 bytes (0 %)
>>>      Received 857088 bytes (8 %)
>>>      Received 987136 bytes (10 %)
>>>      Received 1759232 bytes (17 %)
>>>      Received 1973248 bytes (20 %)
>>>      Received 2733056 bytes (27 %)
>>>      Received 2960384 bytes (30 %)
>>>      Received 3744768 bytes (37 %)
>>>      Received 3946496 bytes (40 %)
>>>      Received 4685824 bytes (47 %)
>>>      Received 4933632 bytes (50 %)
>>>      Received 5730304 bytes (58 %)
>>>      Received 5919744 bytes (60 %)
>>>
>>> This looks like an overload on sourceforge to me. I've heard they have
>>> been having some growing pains.
>>>
>>> Again, not to complain but just to inform.
>>>     
>>
>> Hi John,
>> This download is probably slow because Webmin is using the default 
>> sourceforge
>> mirror site, osdn.dl.sourceforge.net . You can configure it to use a 
>> faster mirror
>> in future by going to the Webmin Configuration module, clicking on 
>> Proxy Servers and
>> Downloads, and selecting a closer mirror from the 'Preferred OSDN 
>> mirror for downloads'
>> menu.
>>
>>  - Jamie
>>
>>   
> I guess when you say 'selecting', one selects from those available 
> when you go onto the Webmin site and choose a mirror to download 
> Webmin? It sort of sounded like there was going to be a selection 
> pulldown or something in the module.
>
> And if I understand this right, this will cause Webmin to attempt to 
> use that selected mirror and if unavailable it will try another one?
>
> Also, I see beside default, UNC? Does this mean University of North 
> Carolina? If so, that would be very close, but they do run slow many 
> times. The price for being one of the first in the world, to serve to 
> the world.
>
> Thanks,
> John Hinton
>
OH!! Gee... wouldn't you know it.. the only server I looked on didn't 
have the pull-down of mirrors.. the rest do. Odd as they are all on the 
same version. I must have something 'stuck' (wouldn't surprise me on 
that one installation) which didn't allow the update to the 
download/proxy module.

Nevermind..

John Hinton