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Moonchild
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by Moonchild » 2016-11-20, 10:39
Hey all,
Our latest version of the web setup program (Windows only) has a new feature implemented that does geosteering (finding geographically closest download mirrors as priority choice).
I've only been able to test this in a limited fashion, so if any of you want to help me verify that it works as-intended around the globe, that would be great!
To do so:
- Go to http://www.palemoon.org/ and download the web installer from the front page (~750 KB)
- Start the web installer
- On the initial screen you see, check the bottom (green/black) status line. It will have a "Region" indicator at the end which should show your country and continent.
- Optional: go to "advanced" and click one of the download buttons, and verify that the mirror URL chosen is correct for your region:
- URLs starting with http://relmirror.palemoon.org/ should serve EU and AF
- URLs starting with http://relmirror2.palemoon.org/ should serve NA and SA
- URLs starting with http://relmirror3.palemoon.org/ should serve AS and OC
You can stop the download by clicking the cancel button on the progress window, this will exit the installer.
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JustOff
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by JustOff » 2016-11-20, 10:47
Region UA/EU detected [Ok] -> relmirror.palemoon.org selected [Ok] -> download [Ok]
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dark_moon
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by dark_moon » 2016-11-20, 11:27
Region DE/ EU detected [OK] -> relmirror.palemoon.org selected [Ok] -> download [Ok]
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half-moon
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by half-moon » 2016-11-20, 14:08
It was unable to detect my region.
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Moonchild
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by Moonchild » 2016-11-20, 14:13
half-moon wrote:It was unable to detect my region.
Did you allow it to connect to ip-api.com?
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by half-moon » 2016-11-20, 15:07
Moonchild wrote:half-moon wrote:It was unable to detect my region.
Did you allow it to connect to ip-api.com?
It appears to have been blocked in the hosts file. Temporary disabling the hosts file fixes it. Region is detected correctly as US/NA.
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by Moonchild » 2016-11-20, 15:17
half-moon wrote:Moonchild wrote:half-moon wrote:It was unable to detect my region.
Did you allow it to connect to ip-api.com?
It appears to have been blocked in the hosts file. Temporary disabling the hosts file fixes it. Region is detected correctly as US/NA.
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by satrow » 2016-11-20, 15:18
Blocked by both firewall (3rd party) and hosts file here, is accurate once allowed.
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by Moonchild » 2016-11-20, 15:19
It's not a big issue if it's blocked; it should just pick a random mirror in that case (but it may be slow for your location in that case).
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