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David Greenman wrote:
> 
> >I'm trying to set up a lan with 30 computers running FreeBSD.  We would like
> >to set up one machine as a mirror to the ftp site, so that we can do the
> >installations from the local computer, but when I tried to find out how to do
> >this from the web site, I could only find info on setting up a mirror for the
> >web site.
> >
> >So, how can I mirror the ftp site?
> 
>    Most people use the "mirror" software written in perl. I think you can find
> it in the FreeBSD ports collection.

Another option would be wget (also in the ports).

> 
> -DG
> 
> David Greenman
> Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
Nadav