rsync: failed to connect to sea.us.rsync.macports.org: Operation timed out (60)

[gaming-hacker (G Alexander)]

i installed OSX latest security patches

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222

then later went to update macports

sudo port -v selfupdate

Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync
rsync: failed to connect to sea.us.rsync.macports.org: Operation timed out (60)
rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at /BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/rsync/rsync-47/rsync/clientserver.c(105) [receiver=2.6.9]
Command failed: /usr/bin/rsync -rtzv --delete-after rsync://sea.us.rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/base.tar /opt/local/var/macports/sources/sea.us.rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs
Exit code: 10
Error: Error synchronizing MacPorts sources: command execution failed
To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
    http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets
Error: /opt/local/bin/port: port selfupdate failed: Error synchronizing MacPorts sources: command execution failed

so i pinged the server

ping sea.us.rsync.macports.org
PING mirror.pnl.gov (192.101.102.2): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.101.102.2: icmp_seq=0 ttl=50 time=439.121 ms
64 bytes from 192.101.102.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=50 time=334.356 ms
64 bytes from 192.101.102.2: icmp_seq=2 ttl=50 time=383.321 ms

i also tried servers lil.fr.rsync.macports.org rsync.macports.org jnb.za.rsync.macports.org

all fail

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

This error message usually indicates that there is a problem with your network. Try accessing these and other rsync servers at the command line, for example:

rsync rsync://rsync.macports.org/macports/

If it doesn't work, contact your network administrator.