I try: rsync -auv rsync://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/5.2/updates/i386/ ..... And get rsync: read error: Connection reset by peer (104) rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(614) [receiver=2.6.8] And then, if I keep trying, eventually rsync 'works' and I get my updates. What is causing this?