07-19-2017, 09:38 AM
Dear community,
I am sitting now in a beautiful public libary in Germany with beautiful and fast internet, the only problem: I cannot make updates or upgrades via apt-get or install anything. When I try to do so the bash gets stuck at:
First I thought it would be a problem of my computer dealing with Ipv4 so I tried out different things like
- creating the file /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99force-ipv4 and writing Acquire::ForceIPv4 false;
- uncommenting in /etc/gai.conf the line 54 (precedence ::ffff:0:0/96 100)
but none seemed to work. Silly enough, when I turn my mobile phone into a mobile hotspot and connect my pc, apt-get works normally. Thats why I think the public wifi is blocking somewhat apt-get and other services or data traffic...another hint is that evolution does not work neither.
I am no professional, however I have never heard about public hotspots blocking certain services, in particular apt-get... I don't know whether there is a solution but I wanted to ask here, maybe someone nows how to get apt-get and evolution running under such circumstances. 8) Working with LaTeX, R and some other programs often requires updating or installing of special packages, so it would be quite useful for me to be able to do so in many physical environments
Thank you
Tom
I am sitting now in a beautiful public libary in Germany with beautiful and fast internet, the only problem: I cannot make updates or upgrades via apt-get or install anything. When I try to do so the bash gets stuck at:
Code:
0% [Connecting to archive.ubuntu.com (91.189.88.152)] [Connecting to repo.linuxFirst I thought it would be a problem of my computer dealing with Ipv4 so I tried out different things like
- creating the file /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99force-ipv4 and writing Acquire::ForceIPv4 false;
- uncommenting in /etc/gai.conf the line 54 (precedence ::ffff:0:0/96 100)
but none seemed to work. Silly enough, when I turn my mobile phone into a mobile hotspot and connect my pc, apt-get works normally. Thats why I think the public wifi is blocking somewhat apt-get and other services or data traffic...another hint is that evolution does not work neither.
I am no professional, however I have never heard about public hotspots blocking certain services, in particular apt-get... I don't know whether there is a solution but I wanted to ask here, maybe someone nows how to get apt-get and evolution running under such circumstances. 8) Working with LaTeX, R and some other programs often requires updating or installing of special packages, so it would be quite useful for me to be able to do so in many physical environments
Thank you
Tom