Weird network connection issue

[Member m4rc10n]

I have no trouble whatsoever connecting with a browser to any site I like, including this one to make this post

However, apt cannot connect to the Debian servers, and has error 11 – “Connection refused”

Also, Eddie UI, the VPN frontend I use, inexplicably stopped working also, and cannot connect to the VPN servers

No idea where to begin troubleshooting this. Could really use some help!

Thanks

[EDIT: Could it be as simple as that the French Debian mirror is down? Is there a way I can switch over to using a nearby one instead – like Spain?]

• This topic was modified 1 year, 9 months ago by m4rc10n.

[Moderator Brian Masinick]

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Yes, you can switch to other mirror sites anywhere in the world.

For Debian, you can find the mirror sites at https://www.debian.org/mirror/list
For antiX you can find mirror sites at https://antixlinux.com/download/

Please note that one of the USA sites for the antiX Mirror sites, the Evowise site, is no longer available; hopefully this list will be updated soon.
Otherwise, choose mirror sites anywhere in the world. Even though I’m in the USA and usually use sites in the USA, I have found sites in the Netherlands and other countries to have pretty decent performance, so experiment to see which sites perform well in your region.

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See if changing the mirror solves your issues; if not, write back and an expert in that area will hopefully respond.

Let us know what happens when you change repo sites please.

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For changing the mirror you can also use repo-manager

menu > control-centre > Software > Repo Manager

[Member m4rc10n]

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Repo Manager gives: “netselect-app could not detect fastest repo”

This is on a fresh install of the OS. I even reinstalled today just to be sure.

This is a new problem on me. I don’t get why the French Debian mirror is having these problems, and I have no idea how to replace it with another country. Repo Manager doesn’t work, and I do not know how to do it manually.

[EDIT: Nevermind, I just replaced France with Spain in debian.list and debian-updates.list. You guys should really fix the Repo Manager tool though 😉 ]

Please help

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[Member Xecure]

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. Removed, as the user has already resolved it.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 9 months ago by Xecure.

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Which version of antiX are you using? Which mirrors/repos? Post output of inxi -r

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[Member Xecure]

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m4rc10n wrote:

[EDIT: Nevermind, I just replaced France with Spain in debian.list and debian-updates.list. You guys should really fix the Repo Manager tool though 😉 ]

This is not an antiX issue, but a debian issue that was resolved last week (in an update to net-select you cannot get because they messed up).

Good to know you could solve it, though.
After updating you will see that getting best debian mirror works again.

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