From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 10 20:25:58 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 EA5E716A4CE for ; Sat, 10 Jul 2004 20:25:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ms-smtp-04-eri0.ohiordc.rr.com (ms-smtp-04-smtplb.ohiordc.rr.com [65.24.5.138]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9526443D45 for ; Sat, 10 Jul 2004 20:25:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from derdrache@electricpincushion.com) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (dhcp065-024-055-164.columbus.rr.com [65.24.55.164])i6AKPsIZ017969; Sat, 10 Jul 2004 16:25:54 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <40F05040.50406@electricpincushion.com> Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 16:23:28 -0400 From: DerDrache User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.1 (Windows/20040626) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: DerDrache References: <000b01c466bb$161e2b90$3301a8c0@salvation> <40F04FEC.2080509@electricpincushion.com> In-Reply-To: <40F04FEC.2080509@electricpincushion.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine cc: Joshua Lewis cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.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 20:25:59 -0000 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? >> _______________________________________________ >> 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" >> >> . >> >> >> > >