From owner-freebsd-hubs Fri Sep 14 1:51:48 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org Received: from polaris.we.lc.ehu.es (polaris.we.lc.ehu.es [158.227.6.43]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F089537B40B for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2001 01:51:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from v-ger.we.lc.ehu.es (v-ger [158.227.6.51]) by polaris.we.lc.ehu.es (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id f8E8pb905791; Fri, 14 Sep 2001 10:51:37 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from jose@localhost) by v-ger.we.lc.ehu.es (8.11.6/8.11.6) id f8E8gkh30868; Fri, 14 Sep 2001 10:42:46 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jose) Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 10:42:46 +0200 From: "Jose M. Alcaide" To: Joao Carlos Mendes Luis Cc: hubs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ftp.us.freebsd.org Message-ID: <20010914104246.B30476@v-ger.we.lc.ehu.es> References: <20010913164932.G6701@roma.coe.ufrj.br> <20010913201013.A10095@roma.coe.ufrj.br> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010913201013.A10095@roma.coe.ufrj.br>; from jonny@jonny.eng.br on Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 08:10:14PM -0300 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.4-RC 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 On Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 08:10:14PM -0300, Joao Carlos Mendes Luis wrote: > And the definition of "close tier 1" would be easier with the > proximity algoritm I described earlier. How many FreeBSD users really > know which site is closer to them? How to check this before > installing FreeBSD? I know how to, but definitely, most users don't. The concept of "closer" on the Internet is not clear. For example, I am running a tier-2 mirror in Spain (ftp3.es.freebsd.org) and, since it resides in an University (Universities are well connected to the TEN-155 European research network) I am using a tier-1 mirror located in another University in Germany (ftp4.de.freebsd.org) as the source. I have *much* better connectivity with ftp4.de than with ftp.es or ftp2.es. Moreover, users from other Spanish Universities and research centers should use ftp3.es as the "closer" mirror for the same reasons. BTW, I want to thank to Daniel Lang (ftp4.de's maintainer) for permitting me to use that server as mirror source, and my apologies for the bandwidth abuse :-) JMA -- ****** Jose M. Alcaide // jose@we.lc.ehu.es // jmas@FreeBSD.org ****** ** "Beware of Programmers who carry screwdrivers" -- Leonard Brandwein ** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hubs" in the body of the message