"Select the best server" *never* selects the best server

Sambit Bikas Pal sambitbikaspal at gmail.com
Tue Aug 26 10:57:50 UTC 2008


Hi,
Use http://ftp.twaren.net
It gives the best speed compared to most other servers.

On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 4:16 PM, David Curtis <dcurtis at uniserve.com> wrote:
> Ashish Yadav wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am using Ubuntu 8.04 and trying to update the system.
>>
>> Whatever server I select by "Syetem->Administration->Software Sources"
>> and then "Download from->Other" and "Select best server"; always
>> points to a randomely selected server from where either nothing gets
>> downloaded at all or I get a speed of 5-6 kbps.
>>
>> Is there a reliable server which I can choose to download from, I am in India.
>>
> If I were you I would try the Indian server (ftp.iitm.ac.in) and some
> others geographically nearest to you, China/Uzbekistan. The 'Select best
> server' test uses ping. IMHO not the best way to determine a FTP or HTTP
> server's capability/capacity or how busy it is.
>
> You could also try using traceroute with the lft package, normal
> traceroute is basically useless now. But again, it's not going to tell
> you how busy the server is or what its capabilities are, just the number
> of hops between you and the server and the time taken for those gateways
> to respond.
>
> Dave
>
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