Hi, This is a legitimate site. Thank you very much for the clarification <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 12:09 PM, NoOp <<a href="mailto:glgxg@sbcglobal.net">glgxg@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div></div><div class="h5">On 07/01/2009 08:23 PM, neil al wrote: > Hi, > > Any can help me in disabling the connection between my pc to this sites > <a href="http://leningradskaya.canonical.com" target="_blank">leningradskaya.canonical.com</a> and <a href="http://drescher.canonical.com" target="_blank">drescher.canonical.com</a>. It tried checking > and there is no pid on the netstat -vatp. > > I've tried to read this > <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-414535.html" target="_blank">http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-414535.html</a> but the updater was > disabled. > > Thank you very much. > > </div></div>System|Administration|Software Sources (or Synaptic...)|Ubuntu Software tab|Download from:| - select 'Main server', 'Server for United States'[1], 'Other'. From 'Other' you can select mirrors from someplace close to your locale. Either way, <a href="http://leningradskaya.canonical.com" target="_blank">leningradskaya.canonical.com</a> shouldn't be an issue - it is a valid canonical IP (91.189.88.31). As is <a href="http://drescher.canonical.com" target="_blank">drescher.canonical.com</a> (91.189.88.40): $ host <a href="http://leningradskaya.canonical.com" target="_blank">leningradskaya.canonical.com</a> <a href="http://leningradskaya.canonical.com" target="_blank">leningradskaya.canonical.com</a> has address 91.189.88.31 $ host <a href="http://drescher.canonical.com" target="_blank">drescher.canonical.com</a> <a href="http://drescher.canonical.com" target="_blank">drescher.canonical.com</a> has address 91.189.88.40 $ whois 91.189.88.31 .... % Information related to '91.189.88.0 - 91.189.95.255' inetnum: 91.189.88.0 - 91.189.95.255 netname: CANONICAL-CORE descr: Canonical Ltd country: GB org: ORG-CAN1-RIPE admin-c: CAN-RIPE tech-c: CAN-RIPE status: ASSIGNED PI mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-HM-PI-MNT mnt-lower: RIPE-NCC-HM-PI-MNT mnt-by: CANONICAL-MNT mnt-routes: CANONICAL-MNT mnt-domains: CANONICAL-MNT rev-srv: <a href="http://ns1.canonical.com" target="_blank">ns1.canonical.com</a> rev-srv: <a href="http://ns2.canonical.com" target="_blank">ns2.canonical.com</a> rev-srv: <a href="http://ns3.canonical.com" target="_blank">ns3.canonical.com</a> source: RIPE # Filtered What seems to be the issue/objection to connecting to those? You do allow checking for updates when you boot up your machine, correct? $ host <a href="http://archive.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">archive.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="http://archive.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">archive.ubuntu.com</a> has address 91.189.88.31 <a href="http://archive.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">archive.ubuntu.com</a> has address 91.189.88.40 <a href="http://archive.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">archive.ubuntu.com</a> has address 91.189.88.46 <a href="http://archive.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">archive.ubuntu.com</a> has address 91.189.88.45 <a href="http://archive.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">archive.ubuntu.com</a> has address 91.189.88.140 If not, then turn off updates: System|Administration|Software Sources (or Synaptic...)|Updates|Automatic Updates|Check for updates| - uncheck. [1] Your's may be different depending upon where you are located. -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>