From owner-freebsd-hubs Wed Oct 10 0:18: 3 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org Received: from freesbee.wheel.dk (freesbee.wheel.dk [193.162.159.97]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74FAC37B406 for ; Wed, 10 Oct 2001 00:17:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: by freesbee.wheel.dk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id D83655D97; Wed, 10 Oct 2001 09:17:54 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 09:17:54 +0200 From: Jesper Skriver To: Jamie Clark Cc: hubs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NZ ftp mirror Message-ID: <20011010091754.B38956@skriver.dk> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from jclark@clear.co.nz on Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 02:21:04PM +1300 X-PGP-Fingerprint: 6B88 9CE8 66E9 E631 C9C5 5EB4 22AB F0EC F956 1C31 X-PGP-Public-Key: http://freesbee.wheel.dk/~jesper/gpgkey.pub 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 Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 02:21:04PM +1300, Jamie Clark wrote: > Hi, > > I work for CLEAR Communications in New Zealand. We run the > ftp.nz.freebsd.org mirror. > > Historically we ran the clunky Perl ftp mirror script. I later changed to > rsync from the Australian mirror - although this was problematic for some > silly inter-carrier bandwidth reasons. > > I left the problem to a colleague who told me that he had organised rsync > from the US mirror. This appears to be broken at present and I am not sure > if it ever worked (that person has since left the company). > > The rsync to ftp.freebsd.org fails with "Connection timed out" - which > would indicate that our SYNs are silently discared somewhere - maybe. Indeed they are, ftp.FreeBSD.org doesn't offer rsync services. > Actually - ftp.freebsd.org seems to be a *long* way away: It's in Denmark, Europe. > Are you able to point me at good source for our mirror? We have an OC3 to > Los Angeles - soon to add another. Bandwidth to Australia is presently > under pressure. rsync from ftp-master.FreeBSD.org, but Peter need to give you access. /Jesper -- Jesper Skriver, jesper(at)skriver(dot)dk - CCIE #5456 Work: Network manager @ AS3292 (Tele Danmark DataNetworks) Private: FreeBSD committer @ AS2109 (A much smaller network ;-) One Unix to rule them all, One Resolver to find them, One IP to bring them all and in the zone to bind them. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hubs" in the body of the message