rsync error: error in socket IO – Connection timed out

While connecting yhe yum local repository, following error occured Rsync Failed to connect # rsync -avrt rsync://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/fedora/linux/updates/12/i386/ –exclude=debug/ –exclude=drpms/ –exclude=repodata/ –exclude=*debuginfo* –exclude=*i18* –exclude=*langpack* /yum/fedora/linux/updates/12/i386 rsync: failed to connect to ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de:… Read more »