ALARM is installed on a Pogoplug E02 (Pink). I can't update. I can ssh to it and ping the US mirrors, but I can't curl or wget. IP4 has precedence in /etc/gai.conf. Pacman never worked, but wget and curl worked previously. Not now. pacman-key init was successful, as was pacman-key populate.
[root@pinkpogo ~]# pacman -Syuv
Root : /
Conf File : /etc/pacman.conf
DB Path : /var/lib/pacman/
Cache Dirs: /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
Hook Dirs : /usr/share/libalpm/hooks/ /etc/pacman.d/hooks/
Lock File : /var/lib/pacman/db.lck
Log File : /var/log/pacman.log
GPG Dir : /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/
Targets : None
:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from ca.us.mirror.archlinuxarm.org : Operation too slow. Less than 1 bytes/sec transferred the last 10 seconds
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from fl.us.mirror.archlinuxarm.org : Operation too slow. Less than 1 bytes/sec transferred the last 10 seconds
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from il.us.mirror.archlinuxarm.org : Operation too slow. Less than 1 bytes/sec transferred the last 10 seconds
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mi.us.mirror.archlinuxarm.org : Operation too slow. Less than 1 bytes/sec transferred the last 10 seconds
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from nj.us.mirror.archlinuxarm.org : Operation too slow. Less than 1 bytes/sec transferred the last 10 seconds
error: failed to update core (download library error)
error: failed to synchronize all databases
[root@pinkpogo ~]# ping il.us.mirror.archlinuxarm.org
PING il.us.mirror.archlinuxarm.org (191.101.2.220) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 191.101.2.220 (191.101.2.220): icmp_seq=1 ttl=52 time=324 ms
64 bytes from 191.101.2.220 (191.101.2.220): icmp_seq=2 ttl=52 time=361 ms
64 bytes from 191.101.2.220 (191.101.2.220): icmp_seq=3 ttl=52 time=254 ms
64 bytes from 191.101.2.220 (191.101.2.220): icmp_seq=4 ttl=52 time=310 ms
^C
--- il.us.mirror.archlinuxarm.org ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 100ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 254.309/312.313/360.749/38.227 ms
[root@pinkpogo ~]# curl http://il.us.mirror.archlinuxarm.org
^C
[root@pinkpogo ~]# wget http://il.us.mirror.archlinuxarm.org/arm/core/core.db
--2018-09-26 05:13:11-- http://il.us.mirror.archlinuxarm.org/arm/core/core.db
Resolving il.us.mirror.archlinuxarm.org (il.us.mirror.archlinuxarm.org)... 191.101.2.220
Connecting to il.us.mirror.archlinuxarm.org (il.us.mirror.archlinuxarm.org)|191.101.2.220|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... ^C
[root@pinkpogo ~]#