Re: [tlug] Internet Speed Question??

["Jim O'Connell" <oconnell@example.com>]

Is RH8 in any of the Linux magazines this month?  

As for it being a slow download from RH, I thought the public ftp was intentionally a bit slower - subscribing was supposed to give you access to better servers or something.   (Of course that shouldn't affect the mirrors, though.)

Cheers,
Jim




On Mon, 21 Oct 2002 16:48:24 -0400
Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com> wrote:

> Quoth Gavin Rollins (Tue 2002-10-22 12:30:46AM +0900):
> >
> > I'm trying to download RH 8.0 from redhat.com running gftp. My connection is 
> > B-Flets fiber optic. My router is a "PCI BRL-04ex Road Lanner capable of upto 
> > 30Mbps.... I tried downloading via my win box and I had a dl speed of 53.4 
> > KB/s what gives here or am I missing someting??
> 
> I would imagine that the latency is on the Internet. The fact that you are
> downloading from redhat.com (a pretty busy site) is another reason to suspect
> that the latency is not on your end.
> 
> You do know that the slowest link between you and the download site will
> govern the speed of the download, right?
> 
> > and if you know a closer site to download RH, please let me know.
> 
> When in Japan, I got good speeds from ftp.kddlabs.co.jp. You could try looking
> at the Red Hat Mirror Sites page:
> 
> http://www.redhat.com/download/mirror.html
> 
> 
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