On 09/25/2010 03:45 AM, Bangladeshi CentOS Mirror Maintainer [BD-SERVERS.NET] wrote: > Hello All > > I support Randy M, my mirror is mirrors.bd-servers.net has multiple > address, that's not the issue, issue is the machine itself update any > rpm via yum, it always choose .au mirrors! > > Other box in same subnet, also choose most of the time .au mirror. So > I have to change the yum.conf of all CentOS box to use > mirrors.bd-servers.net. More funny thing is from mirror access log, I > found most of request is coming from India, Pakistan, Nepal etc. Few > Bangladeshi IP also shows up, but it is too low in numbers. I think > the problem is on fastmirror plugin. the fastestmirror code is very simple, take a look and see what you might think is causing the issue. >> From my country we have 3 gateway One is Seabone, Italy (EU), Other > is Singapore where few high speed mirror running, those mirrors are > connected with Singapore National IX and the 3rd and most traffic pass > through Tata Communication, India. > > I asked few friend of India to check the mirror, result: most of time > about 4 out of 5 found mirrors.bd-servers.net as their list. Thats expected, the mirrorlist will use geo-neighbour in the hostlist to workout places 'geographically close' to the yum client pulling. > We might have to do something about this issue. Like what ? - KB