From owner-freebsd-hubs Fri Jun 28 22: 3:10 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C06C137B400 for ; Fri, 28 Jun 2002 22:03:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from labs.unixhideout.com (dsl-65-187-193-189.telocity.com [65.187.193.189]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1836A43E0A for ; Fri, 28 Jun 2002 22:03:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from root@unixhideout.com) Received: from MIKESBOX ([192.168.1.10]) by labs.unixhideout.com (8.12.5/8.12.3) with SMTP id g5T52orT021939; Sat, 29 Jun 2002 01:02:54 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from root@unixhideout.com) From: "ro0t" To: "Brian Reichert" , Subject: RE: FW: mirroring FreeBSD Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 01:02:47 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <20020629005930.M8223@numachi.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-hubs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org All I did was step though ftp1...ftp10 (or whatever), and look at ping times. (likewise with cvsup1..cvsupwhatever). Once I saw one with ping times I likes, I connected to see how complete of a repostory they were. 'Where' they are, or what the actual host name is, is kinda moot, as long as you can connect to it w/o too much lag, and they're offering what you need. % dig ftp5.freebsd.org ... ;; ANSWER SECTION: ftp5.freebsd.org. 1H IN CNAME xyz.lcs.mit.edu. xyz.lcs.mit.edu. 30M IN A 18.24.10.20 ... Really very basic stuff... -- Brian 'you Bastard' Reichert 37 Crystal Ave. #303 Daytime number: (603) 434-6842 Derry NH 03038-1713 USA Intel architecture: the left-hand path word. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hubs" in the body of the message