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Reflector enabled and healthy but slow pacman downloads below 500KB/sec (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by tiz@lemmy.ml to c/archlinux@lemmy.ml

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When I pacman-Syu, it fluctuates between 200kb to 500kb

I checked my internet speed at fast.com and it says 490Mbps

Something isn’t right.

Reflector is doing its job. I checked /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist and saw the last updated time is very recent (today).

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[–] SpacingBat3@szmer.info 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

If I'm not mistaken, Reflector is the kind of the tool that picks mirrors based on different aspects, not just by which is fastest or close by. And if my memory serves me right, it actually picks mirrors based on their sync date with the upstream rather than speed by default.

You might want to check your configuration and set it to prioritize the mirrors based on the aspects you want.

[–] tiz@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I see. Much more complicated algorithms involved. Now I actually stop & disabled reflector and manually picked some local servers. Now I’m seeing 50mb/s and I feel totally dumb lol

[–] MsFlammkuchen@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 days ago

You can also tell reflector to ignore certain mirrors in the configuration.