Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:43:11 -0400 From: Jon Radel <jon@radel.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to download FreeBSD Message-ID: <4DAEF0FF.7000304@radel.com> In-Reply-To: <20110420132335.GA30474@ei.bzerk.org> References: <BANLkTi=pECKqZbGYjG5mmpxS5348JH0KJA@mail.gmail.com> <20110420132335.GA30474@ei.bzerk.org>
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On 4/20/11 9:23 AM, Ruben de Groot wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 11:09:57AM +0530, Balaje Suri typed: >> Hi FreeBSD Team, >> >> When I try to download the FreeBSD distribution (by clicking on the link >> that refers to location: >> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/8.2-RELEASE) , I get an >> error "425 Failed to establish connection". >> >> Could you please let me know an alternate working link. > > The link is good. You should probably configure your ftp client to use > passive mode. And if ftp just won't cooperate with you, you can always go to http://torrents.FreeBSD.org:8080/ grab a torrent file using HTTP and use a BitTorrent client to get what you need. Unless, of course, your local firewall/network/ISP/etc blocks BitTorrent also. --Jon Radel jon@radel.com
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