Use reflector. Sometimes it happens
# reflector --latest 20 --fastest 5 --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
this post was submitted on 22 Jul 2023
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This one + pacman -Syy helped me! Thank you a lot!
Which countries are you including? I usually pick some neighbouring ones too
Show us your reflector conf and your mirrorlist.
[pinkolik@acer-laptop ~]$ cat /etc/xdg/reflector/reflector.conf
# Reflector configuration file for the systemd service.
#
# Empty lines and lines beginning with "#" are ignored. All other lines should
# contain valid reflector command-line arguments. The lines are parsed with
# Python's shlex modules so standard shell syntax should work. All arguments are
# collected into a single argument list.
#
# See "reflector --help" for details.
# Recommended Options
# Set the output path where the mirrorlist will be saved (--save).
--save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
# Select the transfer protocol (--protocol).
--protocol https
# Select the country (--country).
# Consult the list of available countries with "reflector --list-countries" and
# select the countries nearest to you or the ones that you trust. For example:
# --country France,Germany
# Use only the most recently synchronized mirrors (--latest).
--latest 5
# Sort the mirrors by synchronization time (--sort).
--sort age
[pinkolik@acer-laptop ~]$ cat /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
################################################################################
################# Arch Linux mirrorlist generated by Reflector #################
################################################################################
# With: reflector @/etc/xdg/reflector/reflector.conf
# When: 2023-07-22 13:21:47 UTC
# From: https://archlinux.org/mirrors/status/json/
# Retrieved: 2023-07-22 13:21:47 UTC
# Last Check: 2023-07-22 13:16:12 UTC
Server = https://london.mirror.pkgbuild.com/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirror.ubrco.de/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://archlinux.mailtunnel.eu/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirror.f4st.host/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirror.tmmworkshop.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
[pinkolik@acer-laptop ~]$
Maybe you should uncomment the country option, and specify your country and a few close to you. Latest synchronized, doesn't mean they are close to you.
Maybe your BitTorrent software eats all the bandwidth so other networking programs shows bad performance?
Have you tried pacman without running your BitTorrent software?
Nah, I was only testing speed with torrents, right now pretty much everything is disabled
try doing pacman -Syy
it works for me, I have to do it every few months 🤷
I doubt it's only pacman. Try downloading something with wget for example. It should also be slow then.
It absolutely can be only pacman, if the mirrors chosen are on the other side of the planet.
Sure but I just assume that's not the case... :) But let's see.
[pinkolik@acer-laptop ~]$ speedtest-cli
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Testing from Unknown (x.x.x.x)...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Selecting best server based on ping...
Hosted by SDHD Hosts (x) [x km]: 87.342 ms
Testing download speed................................................................................
Download: 47.72 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed......................................................................................................
Upload: 49.01 Mbit/s
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