[OS X TeX] Is there a problem with mirror.ctan.org?

Sun Apr 27 14:09:47 EDT 2008

Here's my output from "dig -x mirror.ctan.org"
; <<>> DiG 9.4.1-P1 <<>> mirror.ctan.org
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 37085
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;mirror.ctan.org.		IN	A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
mirror.ctan.org.	14388	IN	CNAME	theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca.
theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca.	588	IN	A	142.132.30.225

;; Query time: 108 msec
;; SERVER: 208.67.222.222#53(208.67.222.222)
;; WHEN: Sun Apr 27 13:02:38 2008
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 84

Here's my output from "traceroute theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca"
  1  192.168.2.1 (192.168.2.1)  3.228 ms  2.409 ms  2.367 ms
  2  68.216.200.154 (68.216.200.154)  18.017 ms  18.598 ms  17.253 ms
  3  74.175.159.229 (74.175.159.229)  23.746 ms  23.396 ms  
68.216.200.137 (68.216.200.137)  22.817 ms
  4  ixc01jan-ge-1-0-2.bellsouth.net (205.152.241.130)  31.778 ms   
33.033 ms  34.088 ms
  5  65.83.239.134 (65.83.239.134)  32.754 ms  30.840 ms  32.098 ms
  6  ixc01bix-ge-0-0-0.bellsouth.net (205.152.27.83)  31.275 ms   
32.093 ms  31.599 ms
  7  axr00msy-so-1-1-0.bellsouth.net (65.83.239.84)  31.040 ms  36.414  
ms  31.766 ms
  8  65.83.238.44 (65.83.238.44)  38.238 ms  30.833 ms  30.838 ms
  9  so-6-1-0.edge5.Dallas1.Level3.net (67.72.4.1)  45.535 ms  45.617  
ms  44.984 ms
10  vlan99.csw4.Dallas1.Level3.net (4.68.19.254)  48.994 ms  
vlan69.csw1.Dallas1.Level3.net (4.68.19.62)  49.572 ms *
11  * ae-62-62.ebr2.Dallas1.Level3.net (4.69.136.137)  63.379 ms  
ae-72-72.ebr2.Dallas1.Level3.net (4.69.136.141)  60.361 ms
12  ae-2.ebr1.Denver1.Level3.net (4.69.132.105)  86.681 ms  74.059 ms   
73.481 ms
13  ae-1-100.ebr2.Denver1.Level3.net (4.69.132.38)  70.581 ms  61.372  
ms  68.102 ms
14  ae-3.ebr3.Chicago1.Level3.net (4.69.132.62)  92.865 ms  92.434 ms   
107.338 ms
15  ae-68.ebr1.Chicago1.Level3.net (4.69.134.57)  94.282 ms  93.321  
ms  92.426 ms
16  ae-12-55.car2.Chicago1.Level3.net (4.68.101.131)  80.143 ms   
80.330 ms  79.345 ms
17  ALLSTREAM-I.car2.Chicago1.Level3.net (4.71.182.34)  92.286 ms   
92.873 ms  93.298 ms
18  199.212.168.210 (199.212.168.210)  96.818 ms  97.405 ms  96.526 ms
19  209.112.55.114 (209.112.55.114)  243.143 ms  150.937 ms  109.074 ms
20  wnpgmb0173w-dr09-v927.mts.net (64.4.64.100)  97.533 ms  98.026 ms   
97.157 ms
21  wnpgmb02bbm-dr08-v949.mts.net (64.4.65.2)  98.419 ms  99.528 ms   
98.107 ms
22  wnpgbr31-g300.mts.net (209.202.51.246)  109.619 ms  109.918 ms   
110.880 ms
23  209.202.51.38 (209.202.51.38)  109.716 ms  109.488 ms  109.398 ms
24  142.132.199.2 (142.132.199.2)  100.998 ms  98.922 ms  99.381 ms
25  * * *
26  * * *
27  * * *
28  * * *
29  * * *
30  * * *

I stopped the trace at this point because it had stalled, somewhere in  
CA.
Here's the "whois 142.132.199.2" info, in case you really want to  
contact the person responsible at the U of W,
OrgName:    University of Winnipeg
OrgID:      UNIVER-165
Address:    515 Portage Ave.
Address:
City:       Winnipeg
StateProv:  MB
PostalCode: R3B-2E9
Country:    CA

NetRange:   142.132.0.0 - 142.132.255.255
CIDR:       142.132.0.0/16
NetName:    UWPGNET
NetHandle:  NET-142-132-0-0-1
Parent:     NET-142-0-0-0-0
NetType:    Direct Assignment
NameServer: DNS1.MTS.NET
NameServer: DNS2.MTS.NET
Comment:
RegDate:    1990-03-26
Updated:    2002-11-27

RTechHandle: DB422-ARIN
RTechName:   Bell, David
RTechPhone:  +1-204-786-9449
RTechEmail:  David.Bell at uwinnipeg.ca

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On Apr 27, 2008, at 12:46 PM, Frank STENGEL wrote:

> I was trying to show how to get MacTeX and hit on a slight problem:  
> the link to download does not work. mirror.ctan.org does not seem to  
> work (connection refused...) Is it a typo on the page or is there a  
> genuine problem?
>
>
> -- 
> Frank STENGEL (fstengel<at>mac.com)
>