Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 09:19:58 -0400 From: "Administrator" <admin@govital.net> To: "DreamLabs Domain Administration" <hostmaster@dreamlabs.com>, "'Doug Moen'" <doug@moens.org>, <hostmaster@ca.FreeBSD.org> Cc: <hubs@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: ftp.ca.freebsd.org is in Denmark Message-ID: <20021113131958.M87577@govital.net> In-Reply-To: <000101c28b15$85cb4320$c700a8c0@shadow> References: <200211131148.GAA06234@moens.org> <000101c28b15$85cb4320$c700a8c0@shadow>
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Greetings, What are the requirements for being a FTP host? I think i read 60GB of storage, what is the normal bandwith off of an official ftp server? If it's not too high i might be able to set one up. Chris Demers admin@govital.net Windsor, Ontario, Canada On Wed, 13 Nov 2002 08:06:30 -0500, DreamLabs Domain Administration wrote > No, that's done on purpose. > > My attempts to get a volunteer from Canada to set up a FTP server in > Canada has been in vain so far, so we aliased ftp.ca.freebsd.org to > ftp.freebsd.org which, yes, is at tdk in Denmark. > > The alias is there so that previously published links from the time that > the archive was in BC still work. > > No mistake... perhaps if you can suggest a better host to alias it to I > can change it. > > -Mit > > -----Original Message----- > From: Doug Moen [mailto:doug@moens.org] > Sent: November 13, 2002 6:49 AM > To: hostmaster@ca.FreeBSD.org > Subject: ftp.ca.freebsd.org is in Denmark > > I'm located in Waterloo, Ontario. > For me, at least, ftp.ca.freebsd.org is an alias for > ftp.beastie.tdk.net, > which is located in Denmark. The same is true for "ftp.freebsd.org". > > This is a problem. > I recently attempted an ftp installation of FreeBSD 4.7. > I chose the default ftp site, ftp.freebsd.org, > and ended up pulling 10KB per second from Denmark. > > I think that a DNS server must be misconfigured. > Do you agree? > > Thanks in advance, > Doug Moen > doug@moens.org > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hubs" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hubs" in the body of the message
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