update.FreeBSD.org / No mirrors remaining, giving up

[Edwin Groothuis]

> $ freebsd-update fetch
> Fetching metadata signature for 7.0-RELEASE from update.FreeBSD.org... failed.
> No mirrors remaining, giving up.

I've heard this before and it is caused by resolvers (most likely
your router?) which don't understand requests for SRV records.

Use your ISPs nameservers instead of your router and it should be
fine.

Edwin

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