norm writes: > Apart from investigating each site it is in some cases a challenge to > find the nearest download site. If the site has the name of a > university in the address it is relatively easy to determine the > general area of the server but for sites with other names it is more of > a challenge to determine the location. Probably the quickest and > simplest way to determine the mirror site closest is if there was a map > indicating the approximate locations. Has anyone gone to the trouble > of creating such a map or a form with the web address and the city the > server is located in. > Norm > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list You could try whois or traceroute. whois will give you the registered address of the people who run the server and traceroute will tell you how many "hops" and time for each hop between your pc and the server. I use both from time to time to see who is hammering my firewall from time to time. Any one who is constantly hammering I ping for an hour or two to let them know I’m watching them! registered Linux user number 414240 Guy Faulks the only person to enter the Parliament with honest intentions and he was going to blow them up ! --------------------------------------------- Free POP3 Email from www.Gawab.com Sign up NOW and get your account @gawab.com!!
