Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4237 mails)

[radoeka <radoeka@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 10:52:39PM -0800, Greg Wallace wrote:
> I am running this from Anchorage Alaska.  I have the following "information
> sources" in the drop-down list.
> 
> ftp.leo.org
> ftp.gwdg.de
> ftp.suse.com
> ftp.sunset.se
> ftp.rz.uni-ulm.de
> ad.tuwien.ac.at
> ftp.suselinux.hu
> fr.rpmfind.net
> 
> Could someone tell me which of these would be closest for me?  Will
> ftp.suse.com automatically find the closest one for me?  There is a fiber
> optic cable running down to the upper West Coast, so I would think a site in
> that area would be best.  There is a list out on www.suse.com and I tried
> entering a few of the ones listed for the West Coast from that list, but I'm
> not sure I was entering the information correctly.  I never had any luck
> with any I tried.  Any assistance greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Greg Wallace
> 

Try netselect, if just measure what is the fastest server for you.
An rpm is available at:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=35354&package_id=39034

--
Richard