Reflector enabled and healthy but slow pacman downloads below 500KB/sec
Reflector enabled and healthy but slow pacman downloads below 500KB/sec
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).
Glad you posted this. I thought
reflectorwas a set it and forget it tool, but sounds like it isn't as smart as advertised. I think Garuda (Arch) uses a different tool to rate and update mirrors (dunno what), so if you want something automatic, maybe look into what they do.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.
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
You can also tell reflector to ignore certain mirrors in the configuration.
Pick a different mirror.
That’s a valid answer. But isn’t it the whole purpose of using reflector in the first place?
Yes, but reflector can't do magic. Just manually go through the mirrors and try if they're fast enough. You should prefer geographically closer mirrors.