From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 10 20:22:06 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 5E21316A4CE for ; Sat, 10 Jul 2004 20:22:06 +0000 (GMT) Received: from bsdhacker.org (h71.52.102.166.ip.alltel.net [166.102.52.71]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF6D643D46 for ; Sat, 10 Jul 2004 20:22:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from uidzero@one-arm.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bsdhacker.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BFB1195; Sat, 10 Jul 2004 15:20:34 -0500 (CDT) Received: from bsdhacker.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (server.bsdhacker.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 08063-09; Sat, 10 Jul 2004 15:20:32 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [192.168.0.2] (bsd.bsdhacker.org [192.168.0.2]) by bsdhacker.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7E4911D; Sat, 10 Jul 2004 15:20:32 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <40F04FE9.8010300@one-arm.com> Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 15:22:01 -0500 From: uidzero User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.1 (X11/20040703) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Joshua Lewis , FreeBSD-Questions References: <000b01c466bb$161e2b90$3301a8c0@salvation> In-Reply-To: <000b01c466bb$161e2b90$3301a8c0@salvation> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at bsdhacker.org 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: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 20:22:06 -0000 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? >_______________________________________________ >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" > > /usr/ports/sysutils/fastest_cvsup It will find the fastest ftp for you to download from. Michael -- Michael D. Whities uidzero@one-arm.com http://www.one-arm.com -- There are four colors of hats to watch for: Black, White, Grey, and Red. The meanings are: Cracker, Hacker, Guru, and Victim.