diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 6a7a1e3c32eee9fe8499b6bae8b896c4630b7055..6f8f973d0f870dc980057ff6420322bae8ee94ed 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ No. `pacman-mirors -f 2` will be faster than `pacman-mirrors -f 20` since only 2 No. `pacman-mirrors -f N` always ranks by response time but before the actual ranking, the mirrors are sorted so it will be the first **n** mirrors which are uptodate which are actually probed, not mirrors which is not uptodate ### Beware -There is a little overhead because it always checks if network is online. Doing so by pinging google with 3 packets. +The smaller number you choose to write to the mirrorlist will increase the possibility of not getting a responsive mirror since only the first **n** in the list are tested not all of them. A reasonable number is between 5 and 10. -The smaller number you choose to write to the mirrorlist will increase the possibility of not getting a responsive mirror since only the first **n** in the list are tested not all of them. +There is a little overhead because it always checks if network is online. Doing so by pinging google with 3 packets. -The force of this approach is that we know forehand if the mirror is uptodate and thus only have to rank **n** mirrors from the uptodate listed mirrors. +The force of this approach is that we know forehand if the mirror is uptodate and thus only have to rank **n** mirrors from the mirrors known to be uptodate. If you need a complete ranking then `pacman-mirrors -g` is the way to go.