Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 20:06:32 -0400 From: "aerial_gus" <aerial_gus@prokyon.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Ftp server near me Message-ID: <00be01c466da$eca50d40$6401a8c0@sarah2k> References: <000b01c466bb$161e2b90$3301a8c0@salvation><40F05040.50406@electricpincushion.com> <40F052A0.8010105@one-arm.com> <200407101402.05688.kstewart@owt.com>
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I had this question a couple years back. I did command line ftp logins until I found something I recognized, usually a school or university. I'm on the East Coast (US) so I got lucky with MIT, Perdue and UNC. Commercial-sited servers, your guess is as good as mine. I guess you could try to brute-force a solution w/ some combination of nslookup, traceroute etc and a six-pack... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kent Stewart" <kstewart@owt.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: "DerDrache" <derdrache@electricpincushion.com>; "uidzero" <uidzero@one-arm.com> Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 5:02 PM Subject: Re: Ftp server near me > On Saturday 10 July 2004 01:33 pm, uidzero wrote: > > DerDrache wrote: > > > My apologies. I did not read your original email as closely as I > > > should have. fastest_cvsup will only test cvsup servers. > > > > > > DerDrache wrote: > > >> fastest_cvsup is a simple program to use that can be found in the > > >> ports tree. I'd recommend it. > > >> > > >> /usr/ports/sysutils/fastest_cvsup > > >> > > >> DerDrache > > >> > > >> Joshua Lewis wrote: > > >>> All documentation tells you when running CVSUP or installing FBSD > > >>> from FTP > > >>> to use the FTP server closest to you. > > >>> > > >>> So how do you determine the best server. I recall reading a post > > >>> that said > > >>> run a command that will determine the closest server or fastest > > >>> server near > > >>> you. I however lost the page I printed out and can't remember the > > >>> web address. > > >>> > > >>> Any ideas how to find the fastest server near me? > > > > Ahh, the same here. I aoologize. > > > > I think I would have given the same answer. It was the only choice since > the Handbook no longer tells you where each mirror is located. All you > can do now, is choose an FTP mirror that is in a country close to you. > > Kent > > -- > Kent Stewart > Richland, WA > > http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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