pkg update issue

Hello,

I have two new systems freshly installed (and to my best knowledge
identically) with FreeBSD 15.0 (via memstick image using the new "packaged
base"). One updates the pkg database with "pkg update" just fine (and as
expected).
However, the other one complains with something like this (takes ages,
obviously running into timeouts):

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# pkg update
Updating FreeBSD-ports repository catalogue...
pkg: Failed to
fetch https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/quarterly/meta.conf: No error pkg: Failed to fetch https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/quarterly/meta.txz: No error
repository FreeBSD-ports has no meta file, using default settings
pkg: Failed to
fetch https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/quarterly/data.pkg: No error
pkg: Failed to
fetch https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/quarterly/data.tzst: No error
pkg: Failed to
fetch https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/quarterly/packagesite.pkg: No error
Unable to update repository FreeBSD-ports
Updating FreeBSD-ports-kmods repository catalogue..
pkg: Failed to
fetch https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/kmods_quarterly_0/meta.conf: No error
pkg: Failed to
fetch https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/kmods_quarterly_0/meta.txz: No error
repository FreeBSD-ports-kmods has no meta file, using default settings
pkg: Failed to
fetch https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/kmods_quarterly_0/data.pkg: No error
pkg: Failed to
fetch https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/kmods_quarterly_0/data.tzst: No error
pkg: Failed to
fetch https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/kmods_quarterly_0/packagesite.pkg: No error
pkg: Failed to
fetch https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/kmods_quarterly_0/packagesite.tzst: No error
Unable to update repository FreeBSD-ports-kmods
Updating FreeBSD-base repository catalogue...
[...]
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The machines are on the same network, pkg.freebsd.org is reachable, I
cannot see any difference in /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf, /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf
and /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf settings (I did not touch any of
these after installation, anyway). I am running a bit out of ideas here, no
useful answer from websearch, either. What might be wrong?


cu
  Gerrit