Ubuntu
choose-mirror package

Offer an Internet2 mirror in choose-mirror list

Bug #35374 reported by Ben Maurer
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choose-mirror (Ubuntu)
Triaged
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Bug Description

Many large universities are connected by a high-speed network known as "internet2". Downloads from an internet2 site are rarely slower than 1MB/s, while the "regular internet/" is generally around 200kb/s. Also, most universities have different limits for use of Internet2 bandwidth usage vs "regular" internet. For example, I am allocated 2 GB/day on the regular internet while there is no limit to my internet2 bandwidth usage.

It would greatly enhance the network install experience for i2 users if there was a setting to choose a mirror that was on i2 rather than just by country. As far as I know, none of the contry mirrors that are offered are on the i2 network, meaning that one has to manually dig for a fast mirror.

Colin Watson (cjwatson)
Changed in choose-mirror:
status: New → Triaged
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Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote :

Is there a compiled list of the i2 mirrors available somewhere, complete or not complete? If not, can you name a few?

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Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote :

Ben, I don't think there is anything anybody can do unless somebody provides a list of those mirrors.

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keithieopia (timothy-keithieopia) wrote :

The way most i2 connections are setup is that if you're on i2 and the destination is on i2, then the router will simply use i2, so to find a list of i2 Ubuntu mirrors one would simply compare the i2 member list to the Ubuntu mirror list.

Ubuntu Mirrors:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archivemirrors

Internet2 Members:
http://members.internet2.edu/university/universities.cfm

Small list of working i2 mirrors I tried:
Argonne National Laboratory
Duke University
Washington State University
Columbia University

A alternative method would be to look at the Gbps in the Ubuntu mirror list. If it's around 100 there's a good chance it has a i2 connection. Hope that helps!

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