From here in Ireland.
[root@nogs ~]# ping mirrorlist.centos.org PING mirrorlist.centos.org (72.21.40.11) 56(84) bytes of data.
--- mirrorlist.centos.org ping statistics --- 22 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 21082ms
Tony
Same here in London ...
[root@nexus ~]# yum update Loading "fastestmirror" plugin Loading "priorities" plugin Determining fastest mirrors * rpmforge: ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=5&arch=i386&repo=os error was [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out> Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: base
[root@nexus ~]# telnet 72.21.40.11 80 Trying 72.21.40.11... telnet: connect to address 72.21.40.11: Connection timed out telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection timed out
[root@nexus ~]# ping 72.21.40.11 PING 72.21.40.11 (72.21.40.11) 56(84) bytes of data.
--- 72.21.40.11 ping statistics --- 7 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 6001ms
[root@nexus ~]# traceroute 72.21.40.11 traceroute to 72.21.40.11 (72.21.40.11), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets <snip> 9 kar1-ge-5-0-0.NewYork.savvis.net (206.24.193.197) 112.123 ms 114.100 ms 118.666 ms 10 cr2-ge-0-7-5-5.newyork.savvis.net (204.70.193.54) 139.362 ms 140.182 ms cr1-gig-0-7-5-5.NewYork.savvis.net (204.70.193.2) 136.317 ms 11 cr2-tengig0-7-0-0.dallas.savvis.net (204.70.196.214) 153.560 ms cr2-tengig0-0-2-0.dallas.savvis.net (204.70.196.210) 155.533 ms cr2-tengig0-7-0-0.dallas.savvis.net (204.70.196.214) 154.956 ms 12 hr1-tengig-12-0-0.dallasda1.savvis.net (204.70.203.58) 141.928 ms 171.916 ms 151.423 ms 13 216.39.79.98 (216.39.79.98) 152.406 ms 152.611 ms 152.858 ms 14 * * * 15 * * * 16 * * * 17 * * * <snip>
But it works fine from my work network which is on JANET... Looks like there's a routing issue somewhere...
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