[PLUG] How to select best openSUSE Tumbleweed mirror?

[Amey Abhyankar]

On Wed, 23 Jun 2021 at 12:15, Amey Abhyankar <sco1984 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> On Tue, 22 Jun 2021 at 11:31, Vishal Rao <vishalrao at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello!
>>
>> I'm running openSUSE Tumbleweed and facing slow download speeds with the
>> default server (download.opensuse.org) on my BSNL fiber connection. My
>> plan speed is 300 mbps but I get only around 20-40 mbps range while doing
>> zypper updates.
>>
>
> Maybe the remote server has limited throughput restriction per session.
>

Can you try the Taiwan mirror i.e. Yuan Ze university from the list? =
https://mirrors.opensuse.org/
I remember, earlier most mirrors had mention of total available bandwidth
i.e. 10mbps, 100mbps, 1gbps etc.
I don't see that column on this page.


>
>>
>> Reading the openSUSE wiki they say if you use the download.opensuse.org
>> URL it will auto select nearest/fastest mirror using MirrorBrain but doing
>> a nslookup with different DNS servers seems to return the SUSE owned server
>> in Germany.
>>
>> I manually tried setting mirrors in Yast config including India (ESTO
>> internet servers) but all mirrors I tried seem to be missing the "updates"
>> repo.
>>
>> Any suggestions? Does anyone else here use Tumbleweed and facing this
>> issue?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Vishal Rao
>>
>>
>> --
>> "The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page." -
>> St. Augustine.
>>
>
> Regards,
> Amey.
>
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