Yum Update Mirrors

[Patrick Doyle]

> Actually, after some further troubleshooting, it seems to be a networking
> issue.  I tried downloading a file using wget, and it starts downloading
> fast, but as the transfer continues, the K/s starts to get lower and lower
> until "--.--K/s" appears.  If I break out of the transfer, and restart, same
> result.  The yum transfer seems to have the same problem.  I'm SSHed into
> the server, and there is no sluggishness there.
>
> Does anyone have any idea why my server's transfer would start out fast at
> the beginning but only after 48K or so, it starts to get exponentially
> slower until it crawls?
The times I've seen this I've assumed that the server was artificially
limiting the bandwidth, and I've tried finding another mirror.

My $.02

--wpd