mirror connection timeout

Hello I just came across with KaOS distribution and I love it, it is sleek, fast and its KDE!... but I have a little problem.

I managed to create a virtual machine from the kaos 2014-06 iso, but I cannot update/install new packages into it because it always gets "timeout" errors. I can browse the repositories using qupzilla (very slowly but I can)

I changed the order of the mirror servers and tried every possible combination of the three default mirrors in the mirror.list configuration file, but none of them is fast enough (actually I think the vbox internet connection is not fast enough to reach any of the mirrors, I also tried two different configurations of the vbox connection NAT, bridged)

I currently have SolydK as my main OS, but I would like to have KaOS instead. I cannot change it until I could be able to update/upgrade and install new programs.

Do you have any advice?

P.s. sorry for the bad english :(

IPV6 i is diabled.

I also changed the timeouts in the "network settings" everything up to 60 secconds. Also disabled the firewall (nothing worked disabling it)

here are the results of the inxi -N

[douglas@kaos ~]$ inxi -N

Network: Card: Intel 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: e1000

Whye even changing the timeouts of the network connection it still waits 10 seconds for a connection?

[douglas@kaos ~]$ sudo pacman -Syu

Password:

:: Synchronizing package databases...

error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from kaosx.us : Resolving timed out after 10534 milliseconds

error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirror.dacentec.com : Resolving timed out after 10528 milliseconds

error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirror3.layerjet.com : Resolving timed out after 10526 milliseconds

error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirror.layerjet.com : Resolving timed out after 10536 milliseconds

error: failed to update core (download library error)

error: failed retrieving file 'main.db' from kaosx.us : Resolving timed out after 10546 milliseconds

error: failed retrieving file 'main.db' from mirror.dacentec.com : Resolving timed out after 10542 milliseconds

error: failed retrieving file 'main.db' from mirror3.layerjet.com : Resolving timed out after 10540 milliseconds

error: failed retrieving file 'main.db' from mirror.layerjet.com : Resolving timed out after 10542 milliseconds

error: failed to update main (download library error)

error: failed retrieving file 'apps.db' from kaosx.us : Resolving timed out after 10532 milliseconds

error: failed retrieving file 'apps.db' from mirror.dacentec.com : Resolving timed out after 10532 milliseconds

error: failed retrieving file 'apps.db' from mirror3.layerjet.com : Resolving timed out after 10537 milliseconds

error: failed retrieving file 'apps.db' from mirror.layerjet.com : Resolving timed out after 10527 milliseconds

error: failed to update apps (download library error)

error: failed to synchronize any databases

error: failed to init transaction (download library error)

I ran a speedtest from the command line, I do not think it is about speed I think it is about resolving DNS, I already added the primary DNS of the host connection to the vbox connection.

[douglas@kaos Downloads]$ speedtest-cli --server 2561

Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...

Retrieving speedtest.net server list...

Testing from Corporacion Nacional De (190.152.139.84)...

Hosted by P3 communications GmbH (Munich) [10030.44 km]: 46.333 ms

Testing download speed........................................

Download: 0.90 Mbits/s

Testing upload speed..................................................

Upload: 0.28 Mbits/s

Hi,

I started the kaos live iso from VBox and it works like a charm :)

[live@localhost ~]$ sudo pacman -Syu

:: Synchronizing package databases...

core 56.0 KiB 75.7K/s 00:01 [----------------------] 100%

main 202.1 KiB 74.0K/s 00:03 [----------------------] 100%

apps 173.3 KiB 84.9K/s 00:02 [----------------------] 100%

:: Starting full system upgrade...

:: Replace pyqt with main/pyqt-python2? [Y/n] y

resolving dependencies...

looking for inter-conflicts...

Warning: insufficient columns available for table display

Packages (44): attr-2.4.47-2 dbus-1.8.4-1 elfutils-0.159-1 file-5.19-1

fontcacheproto-0.1.3-4 gc-7.4.2-1 hwids-20140602-1

installer-partitionmanager-1274507-4 iproute2-3.15.0-1

kcp-0.9-1 kdelibs-4.13.2-3 khd-nvidia-337.25-4 kmod-18-1

libasyncns-0.8-3 libcddb-1.3.2-4 libdca-0.0.5-4 libdv-1.0.0-5

libieee1284-0.2.11-5 libkfbapi-1.0-2 libstdc++5-3.3.6-5

libusb-1.0.19-1 libusb-compat-0.1.5-2 libxfontcache-1.0.5-4

man-pages-3.69-1 mcpp-2.7.2-4 mkinitcpio-busybox-1.22.1-1

nspr-4.10.6-1 octopi-0.4.0.12-1 pyqt-4.10.4-1 [removal]

pyqt-python2-4.11-1 randrproto-1.4.0-3 sg3_utils-1.39-1

sip-4.16.1-1 talloc-2.1.1-1 telepathy-mission-control-5.16.2-1

tzdata-2014e-1 usbutils-007-2 vc-0.7.4-1 wpa_supplicant-2.2-1

xcb-util-0.3.9-2 xcb-util-renderutil-0.3.9-1

xf86-video-intel-2.99.912-1 xf86vidmodeproto-2.3.1-3

xz-5.0.5-2

Total Download Size: 27.45 MiB

Total Installed Size: 108.67 MiB

Net Upgrade Size: 1.62 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]

Solved it!

I realized that my internet service was the problem, today I went into the VPN of the company I work and started Kaos after that, magically it notified me about the updates and actually I could get the updates.

I called my ISP and told them about the issue, they reset my modem and voila, I was able to get the updates without my company's VPN.

I hope I did not waste your precious time demm, thanks for your advice

Best regards

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Douglas