Pacman sync with ADSL

Hi,
I've just installed Arch 0.7.2, base installation form CD. I've a Telecom Italia ADSL and I'm using the eciadsl package for my IPM WebPower modem (USB). I've installed the ecidasl package fine, configured my modem and connected to the Internet. If I ping google it works fine, so the connection is up. I've edited the /etc/pacman.conf to include the current, extra and community repositories, but when I try pacman -Sy I get
error: could not open sync database: extra
have you used --refresh yet?
and above that were a bunch of
gethostbyname: Resource temporarily unavailable
error: cannot connect to cncmirror.vxmatrix.net
and the same message for about 15 other URLs.
I'm logged in as root, so that shouldn't be the problem.
Do I need to configure my network with the ADSL settings even if I'm not using the eth0 interface?
Thanks
ErMoviola

ErMoviola wrote:
dolby wrote:it is REALLY recommended to use a new iso. the one u have is a yearold. the changes since then have been humongous. http://www.archlinux.org/download/
ftp iso is better imho
I've tried to install Voodoo as well, but then I had problems with the eciadsl package and decided to go back to Gimmick, thinking that I could always update it once it is installed.
If I use the FTP iso I should get the same errors, shouldn't I?
I've installed Arch 0.8, but the problem is still there.
I've noticed that when I use pacman -Sy or wget the modem gets disconnected and powers off and after a while it powers on again, without reconnecting.
What can it be?
thanks
ErMo

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Dan responded to my e-mail:
Dan McGee wrote:
Yes, this was mostly an intended change.
Note that you can do an -R operation (or anything not requiring sync databases) just fine. However, once we hit any machinery that requires sync databases to be present, we require all configured ones are accounted for. This is for a few reasons:
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Closing.

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