Unable to update -- Waiting for headers

[Robert Heller]

Different servers in different places with different routes through different 
routers.  

At Sun, 10 Oct 2021 01:55:48 +0100 sboyce at blueyonder.co.uk wrote:

> 
> 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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