Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:31:30 -0400 From: Steve Bertrand <steve@ibctech.ca> To: Charles Howse <chowse@charter.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Physical location of cvsup servers Message-ID: <49C05D02.80703@ibctech.ca> In-Reply-To: <F1E163A3-6E23-4B22-AC99-ED34FD1F689B@charter.net> References: <25F15A6A-6A95-4500-9831-9021A5102450@charter.net> <20090317191354.4c98b2de@sbcglobal.net> <49C040C9.3090107@ibctech.ca> <89C4FE48-2536-44A9-B777-F82F03A92FC9@charter.net> <49C05103.2000709@ibctech.ca> <F1E163A3-6E23-4B22-AC99-ED34FD1F689B@charter.net>
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Charles Howse wrote: > > On Mar 17, 2009, at 8:40 PM, Steve Bertrand wrote: >> What do you want to achieve? fastest_cvsup will tell you addressing of >> the servers. You will have to contact those responsible for the IPs to >> see where they are located to ensure any form of accuracy regarding >> geo-location. > > Mainly, it's curiosity. I know-fer-a-fact I saw a list of physical > locations back when 4.x was the latest release. Probably been deleted. > > fastest_cvsup usually tells me #17 is fastest, but it times out a lot, I > mean A LOT, from here. Fastest, (in this case) != most reliable. Can you produce the output of fastest_cvsup, include the top two results (add #17 if it isn't included), and then provide the output of a traceroute to #17? Perhaps you have a faulty asymmetric path to 17... It is important to know that just because a server may be literally located at the building across the street, it doesn't mean that you are guaranteed a path that may not cross the country (and in some situations, across an ocean) and back. I don't know where you are located, but generally, I've found cvsup8 to be extremely quick (in terms of latency) and very reliable for a number of years. Steve
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