diff --git a/doc/conf_ref.rst b/doc/conf_ref.rst index 501b0bb595..b7bd4b71f4 100644 --- a/doc/conf_ref.rst +++ b/doc/conf_ref.rst @@ -953,7 +953,10 @@ configuration. ``fastestmirror`` :ref:`boolean ` - If enabled a metric is used to find the fastest available mirror. This overrides the order provided by the mirrorlist/metalink file itself. This file is often dynamically generated by the server to provide the best download speeds and enabling fastestmirror overrides this. The default is False. + If enabled, TCP socket latency is used to find the closest available mirror. + A mirror is then selected at random with less than twice the lowest latency for load balancing purposes. + This overrides the order provided by the mirrorlist/metalink file itself, + and does not take into consideration mirrorlist parameters such as mirror bandwidth nor preferred mirrors for client IP addresses. .. _gpgcheck-label: