I had this question a couple years back. I did command line ftp logins until I found something I recognized, usually a school or university. I'm on the East Coast (US) so I got lucky with MIT, Perdue and UNC. Commercial-sited servers, your guess is as good as mine.
I guess you could try to brute-force a solution w/ some combination of nslookup, traceroute etc and a six-pack... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kent Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "DerDrache" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "uidzero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 5:02 PM Subject: Re: Ftp server near me > On Saturday 10 July 2004 01:33 pm, uidzero wrote: > > DerDrache wrote: > > > 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? > > > > Ahh, the same here. I aoologize. > > > > I think I would have given the same answer. It was the only choice since > the Handbook no longer tells you where each mirror is located. All you > can do now, is choose an FTP mirror that is in a country close to you. > > Kent > > -- > Kent Stewart > Richland, WA > > http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
