The heanet.ie has been down for a while, both traceroutes to the IPv6 and IPv4 addresses show issues. traceroute to ftp.heanet.ie (193.1.193.64), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets 1 be-dsl.rt.got-root.me.uk (192.168.1.1) 0.000 ms 0.000 ms 10.000 ms 2 87-194-128-1.bethere.co.uk (87.194.128.1) 10.000 ms 20.001 ms 10.000 ms 3 10.1.1.13 (10.1.1.13) 20.000 ms 20.001 ms 10.000 ms 4 * 213.161.72.69 (213.161.72.69) 10.000 ms 10.000 ms 5 globalcrossing-mfn.mfnx.net (208.185.188.66) 20.000 ms 10.000 ms 20.000 ms 6 so0-0-0-2488M.ar1.DUB1.gblx.net (67.17.66.6) 20.001 ms 30.000 ms 20.000 ms 7 HEAnet-2.so-3-0-0.ar1.dub1.gblx.net (208.48.23.54) 40.001 ms !H * 20.000 ms !H And IPv6 traceroute to ftp.heanet.ie (2001:770:18:aa40::c101:c140) from 2a01:348:6:3b::2, 30 hops max, 16 byte packets 1 gw-60.lon-02.gb.sixxs.net (2a01:348:6:3b::1) 20 ms 10 ms 20 ms 2 ge-0-0-0-1235.rt0.lon4.ipv6.goscomb.net (2a01:348:0:4:0:3:0:1) 30.001 ms 20 ms 20 ms 3 ae1-84.lon11.ip6.tiscali.net (2001:668:0:3::4000:121) 10 ms 20.001 ms 20 ms 4 so-0-0-0.ams11.ip6.tiscali.net (2001:668:0:2::1:181) 20 ms 20.001 ms 30 ms 5 eth10-0-0.xr1.ams1.gblx.net (2001:7f8:1::a500:3549:1) 70.001 ms 60.001 ms 70.001 ms 6 2001:450:2001:1000:0:670:1708:1225 (2001:450:2001:1000:0:670:1708:1225) 90.001 ms 110.001 ms 90.002 ms 7 pos1-0-cr1-kp.hea.net (2001:770:90:7::1) 90.001 ms 110.002 ms 80.001 ms 8 gige5-1-cr1-cwt.hea.net (2001:770:400:11::1) 80.001 ms 80.001 ms 80.002 ms 9 gige6-1-ar1-cwt.hea.net (2001:770:400:e::2) 70.001 ms 80.001 ms 80.001 ms 10 blanch-sr1-po1.services.hea.net (2001:770:8:31::2) 80.001 ms 80.002 ms 80.001 ms 11 po1-ar1-cwt.hea.net (2001:770:8:31::1) 90.001 ms 90.002 ms 90.001 ms 12 blanch-sr1-po1.services.hea.net (2001:770:8:31::2) 100.001 ms 90.002 ms 100.001 ms 13 po1-ar1-cwt.hea.net (2001:770:8:31::1) 80.002 ms 80.001 ms 80.001 ms 14 * blanch-sr1-po1.services.hea.net (2001:770:8:31::2) 80.002 ms 90.001 ms 15 po1-ar1-cwt.hea.net (2001:770:8:31::1) 80.001 ms 100.002 ms 80.001 ms 16 blanch-sr1-po1.services.hea.net (2001:770:8:31::2) 90.001 ms 90.002 ms 100.001 ms 17 po1-ar1-cwt.hea.net (2001:770:8:31::1) 90.001 ms 90.002 ms 90.001 ms 18 blanch-sr1-po1.services.hea.net (2001:770:8:31::2) 80.001 ms 100.002 ms 90.001 ms 19 po1-ar1-cwt.hea.net (2001:770:8:31::1) 80.001 ms 90.002 ms 100.001 ms 20 blanch-sr1-po1.services.hea.net (2001:770:8:31::2) 90.002 ms 90.001 ms 100.002 ms 21 po1-ar1-cwt.hea.net (2001:770:8:31::1) 100.001 ms 90.001 ms 90.002 ms 22 blanch-sr1-po1.services.hea.net (2001:770:8:31::2) 80.001 ms 90.001 ms 80.002 ms 23 po1-ar1-cwt.hea.net (2001:770:8:31::1) 80.001 ms 80.001 ms 90.001 ms 24 blanch-sr1-po1.services.hea.net (2001:770:8:31::2) 80.002 ms 90.001 ms 100.001 ms 25 po1-ar1-cwt.hea.net (2001:770:8:31::1) 90.002 ms 100.001 ms 100.002 ms 26 blanch-sr1-po1.services.hea.net (2001:770:8:31::2) 100.001 ms 90.002 ms 80.001 ms 27 po1-ar1-cwt.hea.net (2001:770:8:31::1) 90.001 ms 90.002 ms 80.001 ms 28 blanch-sr1-po1.services.hea.net (2001:770:8:31::2) 100.001 ms 90.002 ms 90.001 ms 29 po1-ar1-cwt.hea.net (2001:770:8:31::1) 90.001 ms 90.002 ms 100.001 ms 30 blanch-sr1-po1.services.hea.net (2001:770:8:31::2) 100.002 ms 100.001 ms 100.002 ms Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Use GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/gentoo/" 2. Try to emerge something you don't have localy 3. Wait for it to break Actual Results: It doesn't work... Expected Results: It download's the files from the mirror
Works for me, as of today. A couple of my mirrors sync off HEAnet and they're generally very reliable - please reopen if you see further issues.