Steven Stern wrote:
On 02/25/2010 07:57 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
You could try removing /var/cache/yum/timedhosts.txt and then enabling fastestmirror again. I did that when I was troubleshooting when I found the problem with Singapore. FWIW, Singapore had been working just fine. I think there may have been undersea cable problem at the time. I've not gone back to find if the problem still exists.
Fastestmirror isn't a reliable plugin, IMO. It seems to be based on ping times, not the download bandwidth for any given site.
I have had no issue that I could pin on fastestmirror. I haven't looked as to how it determines the fastest mirror but I'm skeptical that it would be based solely on ping times. Otherwise, I wouldn't have expected it to determine that a site in Singapore is faster than a site "locally" in Taiwan or even the US to which Taiwan is better connected. But, come to think of it, not sure why it would have picked a Singapore mirror in the first place. :-(
Hummm.... Something to look into when time permits...