Unable to update -- Waiting for headers

[Sid Boyce]

Appreciated.
I also tried us.archive.ubuntu.com instead of gb.archive.ubuntu.com 
which was just the same. Of course there is a lot of infrastructure 
between here and elsewhere.
Regards
Sid.

On 10/10/2021 14:25, Robert Heller wrote:
> 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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