[CentOS] yum update -> [Errno 4] Socket Error: timed out - More info

ken wrote:
> # wget
> http://ftp.linux.ncsu.edu/pub/CentOS/5.6/updates/i386/RPMS/glibc-common-2.5-58.el5_6.4.i386.rpm
> --2011-06-30 11:35:44--
> http://ftp.linux.ncsu.edu/pub/CentOS/5.6/updates/i386/RPMS/glibc-common-2.5-58.el5_6.4.i386.rpm
> Resolving ftp.linux.ncsu.edu... 152.1.2.172
> Connecting to ftp.linux.ncsu.edu|152.1.2.172|:80... connected.
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
> Length: 17244521 (16M) [application/octet-stream]
> Saving to: `glibc-common-2.5-58.el5_6.4.i386.rpm'
> 
>  5% [=>                         ] 1,029,216   --.-K/s  eta 23m 10s
> -------------------------------------------------------
> 
> and just freeze there... except the right two numbers (following "eta")
> will continue to climb higher... it stays at "5%" and "1,029,216"
> doesn't change, and there's no activity between those two numbers.  In
> short, the download just stops or freezes.
> 

Have you checked your network interface on your network connection in 
general? First try the same PC in different network environment (home, 
another location?) and then try to setup another PC with the same IP in 
the same network environment as original PC.

Ljubomir