Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:33:59 -0500 From: Charles Howse <chowse@charter.net> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Physical location of cvsup servers Message-ID: <49442761-BB46-4C07-B4D5-419F7F49EFF7@charter.net> In-Reply-To: <49C05D02.80703@ibctech.ca> 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> <49C05D02.80703@ibctech.ca>
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On Mar 17, 2009, at 9:31 PM, Steve Bertrand wrote:
> 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?
root@curly /root# fastest_cvsup -c us
>> Querying servers in countries: us
--> Connecting to cvsup.us.freebsd.org [198.104.69.57]...
* error: connect: timeout
--> Connecting to cvsup2.us.freebsd.org [130.94.149.166]...
- server replied: OK 17 0 SNAP_16_1h CVSup server ready
- time taken: 62.86 ms
--> Connecting to cvsup3.us.freebsd.org [128.31.0.28]...
- server replied: OK 17 0 SNAP_16_1h CVSup server ready
- time taken: 55.50 ms
--> Connecting to cvsup4.us.freebsd.org [204.152.184.73]...
- server replied: OK 17 0 SNAP_16_1h CVSup server ready
- time taken: 90.92 ms
--> Connecting to cvsup5.us.freebsd.org [208.83.20.166]...
- server replied: OK 17 0 SNAP_16_1h CVSup server ready
- time taken: 81.31 ms
--> Connecting to cvsup6.us.freebsd.org [216.14.98.190]...
* error: connect: timeout
--> Connecting to cvsup7.us.freebsd.org [128.205.32.60]...
- server replied: OK 17 0 SNAP_16_1h CVSup server ready
- time taken: 67.65 ms
--> Connecting to cvsup8.us.freebsd.org [216.165.129.134]...
- server replied: OK 17 0 SNAP_16_1h CVSup server ready
- time taken: 68.22 ms
--> Connecting to cvsup9.us.freebsd.org [128.205.32.21]...
- server replied: OK 17 0 SNAP_16_1h CVSup server ready
- time taken: 66.51 ms
--> Connecting to cvsup10.us.freebsd.org [69.147.83.48]...
- server replied: OK 17 0 SNAP_16_1h CVSup server ready
- time taken: 97.16 ms
--> Connecting to cvsup11.us.freebsd.org [63.87.62.77]...
- server replied: OK 17 0 SNAP_16_1h CVSup server ready
- time taken: 50.68 ms
--> Connecting to cvsup12.us.freebsd.org [128.46.156.46]...
* error: connect: timeout
--> Connecting to cvsup13.us.freebsd.org [216.32.84.70]...
* error: connect: Invalid argument
--> Connecting to cvsup14.us.freebsd.org [216.87.87.128]...
- server replied: OK 17 0 SNAP_16_1h CVSup server ready
- time taken: 119.39 ms
--> Connecting to cvsup15.us.freebsd.org [35.9.37.225]...
- server replied: OK 17 0 SNAP_16_1h CVSup server ready
- time taken: 57.43 ms
--> Connecting to cvsup16.us.freebsd.org [128.143.108.35]...
- server replied: OK 17 0 SNAP_16_1h CVSup server ready
- time taken: 63.13 ms
--> Connecting to cvsup17.us.freebsd.org [65.212.71.21]...
- server replied: OK 17 0 SNAP_16_1h CVSup server ready
- time taken: 34.74 ms
--> Connecting to cvsup18.us.freebsd.org [128.205.32.60]...
- server replied: OK 17 0 SNAP_16_1h CVSup server ready
- time taken: 61.17 ms
>> Speed Daemons:
- 1st: cvsup17.us.freebsd.org 34.74 ms
- 2st: cvsup11.us.freebsd.org 50.68 ms
- 3st: cvsup3.us.freebsd.org 55.50 ms
For some reason, traceroute has never worked on any of my *nix boxes.
There are soooo many reasons that might cause that. Too many to go
into, but mostly the way I set up my lan, the router settings and
options, etc.
I have 2 FreeBSD, a Mac, and an XP machine.
On the XP machine, tracert times out after 12 hops, however the ip did
resolve to.....
"THE WEATHER CHANNEL" - ncvsup.twc.waether.com
That in itself may be reason enough for the timeouts...?
>
>
> 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.
I'm in Central West Tennessee.
>
>
> Steve
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