On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Timothy Murphy<gayleard@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > No, I've had this problem for several months. > I've a feeling it may date from the time > when I started using my Dell PowerEdge T105 as a server, > in place of an HP server which now lives in Italy. > > I guess if I don't find out what is wrong in a couple of days > I'll try installing Fedora-11 on this machine on a separate partition. > > The problem is more an intellectual one than a practical one, > as I have no problem when I use my local repository as yum baseurl . > > My server has internal IP address 192.168.1.2 , > but external address 86.43.71.228 . > But most people must have 2 addresses like this? > > It really seems as though fedoraproject tests my system in some way, > and the system fails the test. > Maybe it sees that Windows partition ... > > I see that I have no problem with the other CentOS repositories, eg > ----------------------------------------- > [tim@helen tmp]$ wget http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/mirrors.pl > --16:40:49-- http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/mirrors.pl > Resolving linux.dell.com... 143.166.224.62 > Connecting to linux.dell.com|143.166.224.62|:80... connected. > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK > Length: unspecified [text/plain] > Saving to: `mirrors.pl' > ... > 16:40:50 (3.96 MB/s) - `mirrors.pl' saved [54] > ----------------------------------------- This is what I get when I execute `wget' command - didar@didar-laptop:~$ wget -S -O- https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink --2009-07-18 21:17:00-- https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink Resolving mirrors.fedoraproject.org... 152.46.7.222, 209.132.176.120, 66.35.62.166, ... Connecting to mirrors.fedoraproject.org|152.46.7.222|:443... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:47:01 GMT Server: Apache/2.2.3 (Red Hat) Content-Length: 53 cache-control: no-cache AppTime: D=18458 AppServer: app1.fedora.phx.redhat.com Vary: Accept-Encoding Content-Type: text/plain X-Pad: avoid browser bug ProxyTime: D=168820 ProxyServer: proxy4.fedoraproject.org Keep-Alive: timeout=15, max=500 Connection: Keep-Alive Length: 53 [text/plain] Saving to: `STDOUT' 0% [ ] 0 --.-K/s # either path=, or repo= and arch= must be specified 100%[======================================>] 53 --.-K/s in 0s 2009-07-18 21:17:01 (1.21 MB/s) - `-' saved [53/53] Also, when I lookup the IP addresses of mirrors.fedoraproject.org I get the following - didar@didar-laptop:~$ host mirrors.fedoraproject.org mirrors.fedoraproject.org is an alias for wildcard.fedoraproject.org. wildcard.fedoraproject.org has address 152.46.7.222 wildcard.fedoraproject.org has address 209.132.176.120 wildcard.fedoraproject.org has address 66.35.62.166 wildcard.fedoraproject.org has address 80.239.156.215 I do not see "209.132.176.122" in the above list. What does "host mirrors.fedoraproject.org" output on your end? -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines