If I ping -c 1 mirrors.kernel.org repeatedly, it flip flops between two different ips, which explains everything.
That is broken per my understanding of how dns was designed, but I may be out of date. Same thing happens on my laptop which I just installed with vanilla 11.1 last week. No network tweaks. I'm connected right now via DNS to a wireless router. Per /etc/resolv.conf I'm using the router as a dns server. I think it is pointing to a Comcast dns server. (Not sure about that.) I'm pretty sure that a local dns server should be caching the ip for mirrors.kernel.org for at least a few minutes. (And often for hours.) I've not done much with round robbin dns, but I'm pretty sure the same applies. So one of: a) mirrors.kernel.org has a misconfigured dns setup b) Comcast has a misconfigured dns caching setup c) my wireless router is misconfigured d) OpenSUSE out of the box using dhcp has a misconfigured dns setup. All seem pretty likely, and I could see Brian and I having the same issue, even if he uses a different ISP or router. Before we start blaming anyone, maybe someone can say how it is supposed to work. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org