problems with pkg: Operation timed out

[Antonio Olivares]

On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 10:07 AM, tech-lists <tech-lists at zyxst.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 08:07:39AM -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote:
>
>> root at aceraspire:~ # traceroute pkg.freebsd.org
>> traceroute to pkgmir.geo.freebsd.org (96.47.72.71), 64 hops max, 40 byte
>> packets
>> 1  10.155.142.1 (10.155.142.1)  0.914 ms  9.633 ms  0.952 ms
>> 2  172.17.0.1 (172.17.0.1)  4.262 ms  2.012 ms  1.911 ms
>> 3  * * *
>> 4  * * *
>> 5  * * *
>> 6  * *^C
>
>
> That indicates a problem with your internet connection (or whatever is after
> 172.17.0.1) rather than pkg.freebsd.org
> --
> J.
>
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How can I fix this?  The school has put a firewall in place that
prevents many websites and getting files from ftp.  What would I need
to tell to our school's network administrator?

Thanks for helping,


Antonio