Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Message-ID: <3E441ABF.FEBFD2CB@iee.org> Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 20:44:47 +0000 From: Don Sharp X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Elfyn McBratney Subject: Re: testing accessibility to sources.redhat.com References: <3E418C80.9020309@eCosCentric.com> <20030206170205.GB20592@redhat.com> <3E43DC44.7CBD1F7@iee.org> <03f501c2cece$5de886e0$d4f786d9@webdev> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Elfyn McBratney wrote: > > > This is a somewhat off topic item. > > I have been trying for the last three weeks to update my cygwin > > installation with setup.exe. Unfortunately I can't establish a connection. > > Just a bit ;-) > > > traceroute (from my linux firewall) and tracert from my NT box both show > > that the trace reaches a router somewhere in the USA and then falls down > > a black hole. MY ISP says it's not his problem because he's passed the > packets > > onward. Has anyone else, (particularly customers of blueyonder.co.uk), > > had any trouble reaching sources.redhat.com? Until recently I have had no > > difficulties updating. > > Well I use blueyonder broadband, BT ADSL and Brrrrrrrr... Freeserve dial-up. > I have no problems connecting from either service to s.r.c . > Thanks for letting me know it works for you. Cheers Don Sharp -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/