From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 11 00:06:46 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8282C16A4CE for ; Sun, 11 Jul 2004 00:06:46 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mta10.adelphia.net (mta10.adelphia.net [68.168.78.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27FDD43D1D for ; Sun, 11 Jul 2004 00:06:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from aerial_gus@prokyon.com) Received: from sarah2k ([69.164.85.247]) by mta10.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.6.01.03.02 201-2131-111-104-20040324) with SMTP id <20040711000645.CHN12887.mta10.adelphia.net@sarah2k> for ; Sat, 10 Jul 2004 20:06:45 -0400 Message-ID: <00be01c466da$eca50d40$6401a8c0@sarah2k> From: "aerial_gus" To: References: <000b01c466bb$161e2b90$3301a8c0@salvation><40F05040.50406@electricpincushion.com> <40F052A0.8010105@one-arm.com> <200407101402.05688.kstewart@owt.com> Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 20:06:32 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Subject: Re: Ftp server near me X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 00:06:46 -0000 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" To: Cc: "DerDrache" ; "uidzero" 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" >