Auto Fastest Mirror

[mags]

I've tried searching the forum and the Wiki. There doesn't seem to be much documentation about Mageia out there.

I'm looking for a way to automatically select and use the fastest mirror when using the Software Updater.

It is possible to select individual mirrors by choice but I was interested to know if there was a tool/plugin to find the fastest mirror from a selection of different mirrors and use the quickest one.

Internet conditions are constantly changing so the fastest mirror isn't the fastest all of the time.

Thx!!

[ITA84]

By default Mageia uses Aria (for its system RPM repository connection) to determine the fastest mirror every time.

https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Installing_a ... ne_sources

Simply click the "Add" button and go through the prompts; it shouldn't ask you to choose a mirror. The "Add specific mirror" menu option is just there as an extra.

[mags]

In the Control Center I've clicked Add. I get a prompt to download sources. I choose Yes, it starts downloading with a list of mirrors.
There's no information about specific name or location of the mirrors, just the type of repo.

Either way it's quite slow. Mageia downloads are half the speed I should be getting.

[doktor5000]

Aria itself doesn't determine mirror speed. MIRRORLIST mechanism should do it, but it doesn't always work and is not the most reliable thing.
Better have a look at http://mirrors.mageia.org/ and find a fast and reliable mirror by testing downloads from it, and then use that one.

[mags]

Thanks for your help Doktor!

[isadora]

Mags, please be so kind to mark the topic solved.
You can do so by editing the first message in this subject, and place [SOLVED] to the left of the subject/title.

Thanks ahead.

[mags]

I wanted to leave the topic open to any other suggestions or solutions if possible.

[isadora]

You can.