rsyncd is not accepting connections on rsync5.ca.gentoo.org. This has been the case for at least three days. The distfiles mirror on the same IP appears to be working normally.
works for me %% rsync rsync5.ca.gentoo.org:: Welcome to mirror3.arcticnetwork.ca Please visit http://mirror.arcticnetwork.ca. admin@arcticnetwork.ca sunfreeware Sun Freeware Archive gentoo Gentoo Linux Distfiles gentoo-portage Gentoo Linux Portage tree mirror gentoo-x86-portage Gentoo Linux Portage tree ubuntu Ubuntu Packages ubuntu-releases Ubuntu Releases (ISO Images) centos Full Mirror Exclucing s390/s390x/alpha/ia64 Are you still having issues?
Seems to be OK now. Sorry for the false alarm.