Unable to update -- Waiting for headers

[Sid Boyce]

Thanks Robert,
I suspected some such problems though associated only with Ubuntu as it 
affect me.
I have no problems with openSUSE Tumbleweed/Leap or Fedora.
Regards
Sid.

On 10/10/2021 00:21, Robert Heller wrote:
> I think something screwy going on with some of the Internet backbone routers
> for the past couple of days.  I tried to update some machines at the local
> library (I admin those machines) and couldn't because I couldn't access the
> Ubuntu repo servers from the library's network connection.  I think the
> backbone ISPs are working on the problem, since the library's network
> connection is working now.
>
> At Sat, 9 Oct 2021 23:14:38 +0100 sboyce at blueyonder.co.uk, "Ubuntu user technical support,? not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
>> 21.10 x86_64
>>
>> =============
>>
>> root at sdrbox1:/etc/apt# apt-get update
>> Ign:1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish InRelease
>> Ign:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish-security InRelease
>> Ign:3 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish-updates InRelease
>> Ign:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish-security InRelease
>> Ign:4 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish-backports InRelease
>> Ign:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish-security InRelease
>> Ign:5 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish-proposed InRelease
>> Err:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish-security InRelease
>>    Connection failed [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]
>> Ign:1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish InRelease
>> Ign:3 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish-updates InRelease
>> Ign:4 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish-backports InRelease
>> Ign:5 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish-proposed InRelease
>> Ign:1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish InRelease
>> Ign:3 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish-updates InRelease
>> Ign:4 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish-backports InRelease
>> Ign:5 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish-proposed InRelease
>> Err:1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish InRelease
>>    Connection failed [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
>> Err:3 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish-updates InRelease
>>    Connection failed [IP: 91.189.88.142 80]
>> Err:4 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish-backports InRelease
>>    Connection failed [IP: 91.189.88.142 80]
>>
>> Err:5 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish-proposed InRelease
>>    Connection failed [IP: 91.189.88.142 80]
>> Reading package lists... Done
>> W: Failed to fetch
>> http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/impish/InRelease  Connection
>> failed [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
>> W: Failed to fetch
>> http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/impish-updates/InRelease
>>    Connection failed [IP: 91.189.88.142 80]
>> W: Failed to fetch
>> http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/impish-security/InRelease
>>    Connection failed [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]
>> W: Failed to fetch
>> http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/impish-backports/InRelease
>>    Connection failed [IP: 91.189.88.142 80]
>> W: Failed to fetch
>> http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/impish-proposed/InRelease
>>    Connection failed [IP: 91.189.88.142 80]
>> W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old
>> ones used instead.
>>
>> aarch64 (ODROID-C2, ODROID-N2, Raspberry Pi4, RaspberryPi3B)--
>> Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS, 21.04.
>>
>> ============================================================
>>
>> Get:17 file:/var/visionworks-sfm-repo  Packages [831 B]
>> Get:18 file:/var/visionworks-tracking-repo  Packages [836 B]
>> Get:19 https://repo.download.nvidia.com/jetson/common r32.5/main arm64
>> Packages [13.8 kB]
>> Get:20 https://repo.download.nvidia.com/jetson/t210 r32.5/main arm64
>> Packages [20.7 kB]
>> Err:21 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports bionic InRelease
>>    Connection failed [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]
>> Err:22 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports bionic-updates InRelease
>>    Connection failed [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]
>> Err:23 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports bionic-backports InRelease
>>    Connection failed [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]
>> Err:24 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports bionic-security InRelease
>>    Connection failed [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]
>> Fetched 5,117 B in 4min 1s (21 B/s)
>> Reading package lists... Done
>> W: Failed to fetch
>> http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/bionic/InRelease  Connection
>> failed [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]
>> W: Failed to fetch
>> http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/bionic-updates/InRelease
>>    Connection failed [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]
>> W: Failed to fetch
>> http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/bionic-backports/InRelease
>>    Connection failed [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]
>> W: Failed to fetch
>> http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/bionic-security/InRelease
>>    Connection failed [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]
>> W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old
>> ones used instead.
>>
>> This has only started happening a day or so ago.
>>
>> I can ping the IP addresses and access them via firefox on any PC or SBC.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Sid.
>>

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