On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 08:16:39AM -0400, Mike A. Harris wrote: > Now that I've got your attention... > > AOL has a mirror which is always lightening fast no matter how > advertised it seems to get. > > ftp://redhat.newaol.com > > Every time someone asks... send them there. ;o)
I've just been playing with the mirror to see how fast it is. You *must* remember to set passive off or the connection will drop without any explanation. I also saw regular connection refused although a few retries usually does succeed in a connection. After that, I saw a transfer rate of about 175KBs to my home cable modem connection. FWIW, AOL blocks pings to the server, but a ping to their router averages about 45ms - pretty darn decent! .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:ewilts@;ewilts.org Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program