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# A.2 FTP Sites

The official sources for FreeBSD are available via anonymous FTP from a worldwide set of mirror sites. The site ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ is well connected and allows a large number of connections to it, but you are probably better off finding a “closer” mirror site (especially if you decide to set up some sort of mirror site).

The FreeBSD mirror sites database is more accurate than the mirror listing in the Handbook, as it gets its information from the DNS rather than relying on static lists of hosts.

Additionally, FreeBSD is available via anonymous FTP from the following mirror sites. If you choose to obtain FreeBSD via anonymous FTP, please try to use a site near you. The mirror sites listed as “Primary Mirror Sites” typically have the entire FreeBSD archive (all the currently available versions for each of the architectures) but you will probably have faster download times from a site that is in your country or region. The regional sites carry the most recent versions for the most popular architecture(s) but might not carry the entire FreeBSD archive. All sites provide access via anonymous FTP but some sites also provide access via other methods. The access methods available for each site are provided in parentheses after the hostname.

Central Servers, Primary Mirror Sites, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA.

(as of 2009/05/21 21:02:58 UTC)

Central Servers

  - ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

Primary Mirror Sites

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<mirror-admin@FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp1.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp2.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp3.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp4.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp5.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp6.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp7.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp8.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp9.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp10.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp11.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp12.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp13.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp14.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

Argentina

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<hostmaster@ar.FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp.ar.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

Armenia

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<hostmaster@am.FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp1.am.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

Australia

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<hostmaster@au.FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp.au.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp2.au.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp3.au.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

Austria

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<hostmaster@at.FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp.at.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / http)

  - ftp://ftp2.at.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / http / rsync)

Brazil

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<hostmaster@br.FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp.br.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / http)

  - ftp://ftp2.br.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp3.br.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / rsync)

  - ftp://ftp4.br.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp5.br.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp6.br.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp7.br.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

Bulgaria

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<hostmaster@bg.FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp.bg.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / rsync)

  - ftp://ftp2.bg.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / rsync)

Canada

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<hostmaster@ca.FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp.ca.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp2.ca.FreeBSD.org/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp3.ca.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

China

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<hostmaster@cn.FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp.cn.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp2.cn.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

Croatia

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<hostmaster@hr.FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp.hr.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

Czech Republic

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<hostmaster@cz.FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp.cz.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / http / rsync)

  - ftp://ftp2.cz.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / http)

Denmark

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<hostmaster@dk.FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp.dk.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / ftpv6)

  - ftp://ftp2.dk.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

Estonia

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<hostmaster@ee.FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp.ee.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

Finland

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<hostmaster@fi.FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp.fi.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp3.fi.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

France

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<hostmaster@fr.FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp.fr.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp1.fr.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp2.fr.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp3.fr.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp5.fr.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp6.fr.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp7.fr.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp8.fr.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

Germany

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<de-bsd-hubs@de.FreeBSD.org >` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp.de.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp2.de.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / http / rsync)

  - ftp://ftp3.de.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp4.de.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / http / rsync)

  - ftp://ftp5.de.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp6.de.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp7.de.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / http)

  - ftp://ftp8.de.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

Greece

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<hostmaster@gr.FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp.gr.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp2.gr.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

Hong Kong

  - ftp://ftp.hk.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

Hungary

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<hostmaster@hu.FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp.hu.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / http / rsync)

  - ftp://ftp2.hu.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

Iceland

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<hostmaster@is.FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp.is.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / rsync)

Indonesia

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<hostmaster@id.FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp.id.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / http / rsync)

Ireland

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<hostmaster@ie.FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp.ie.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp2.ie.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / http / rsync)

  - ftp://ftp3.ie.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / http / rsync)

Israel

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<hostmaster@il.FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp.il.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / ftpv6)

Italy

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<hostmaster@it.FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp.it.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

Japan

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<hostmaster@jp.FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp.jp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp2.jp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp3.jp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp4.jp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp5.jp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp6.jp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp7.jp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp8.jp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp9.jp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

Korea

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<hostmaster@kr.FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp.kr.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / rsync)

  - ftp://ftp2.kr.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

Latvia

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<hostmaster@lv.FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp.lv.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / http)

  - ftp://ftp2.lv.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

Lithuania

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<hostmaster@lt.FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp.lt.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

Netherlands

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<hostmaster@nl.FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp.nl.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / http / rsync)

  - ftp://ftp2.nl.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

New Zealand

  - ftp://ftp.nz.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

Norway

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<hostmaster@no.FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp.no.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / rsync)

  - ftp://ftp3.no.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

Poland

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<hostmaster@pl.FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp.pl.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp2.pl.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp3.pl.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp5.pl.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

Portugal

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<hostmaster@pt.FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp.pt.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp2.pt.FreeBSD.org/pub/freebsd/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp4.pt.FreeBSD.org/pub/ISO/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

Romania

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<hostmaster@ro.FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp.ro.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp1.ro.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / ftpv6)

Russia

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<hostmaster@ru.FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp.ru.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / http / rsync)

  - ftp://ftp2.ru.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / http / rsync)

  - ftp://ftp3.ru.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp4.ru.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp5.ru.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / http / rsync)

  - ftp://ftp6.ru.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

Saudi Arabia

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<ftpadmin@isu.net.sa>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp.isu.net.sa/pub/mirrors/ftp.freebsd.org/ (ftp)

Singapore

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<hostmaster@sg.FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp.sg.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / http / rsync)

Slovak Republic

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<hostmaster@sk.FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp.sk.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / ftpv6 / http / httpv6 / rsync / rsyncv6)

Slovenia

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<hostmaster@si.FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp.si.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp2.si.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

South Africa

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<hostmaster@za.FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp.za.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp2.za.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp3.za.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp4.za.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

Spain

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<hostmaster@es.FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp.es.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp2.es.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp3.es.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

Sweden

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<hostmaster@se.FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp.se.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp2.se.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp3.se.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp5.se.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / http / rsync)

Switzerland

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<hostmaster@ch.FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp.ch.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp2.ch.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

Taiwan

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<hostmaster@tw.FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp.tw.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / ftpv6 / rsync / rsyncv6)

  - ftp://ftp2.tw.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / ftpv6 / http / httpv6 / rsync / rsyncv6)

  - ftp://ftp3.tw.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp4.tw.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp5.tw.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp6.tw.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / http / rsync)

  - ftp://ftp7.tw.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp8.tw.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp9.tw.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp10.tw.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp11.tw.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / http)

  - ftp://ftp12.tw.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp13.tw.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp14.tw.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp15.tw.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

Turkey

  - ftp://ftp.tr.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / http / rsync)

  - ftp://ftp2.tr.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / rsync)

Ukraine

  - ftp://ftp.ua.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / http)

  - ftp://ftp2.ua.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / http)

  - ftp://ftp7.ua.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp8.ua.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / http)

  - ftp://ftp11.ua.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

United Kingdom

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<hostmaster@uk.FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp.uk.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp2.uk.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / http / rsync)

  - ftp://ftp3.uk.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp4.uk.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp5.uk.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp6.uk.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

USA

  In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster `<hostmaster@us.FreeBSD.org>` for this domain.

  - ftp://ftp1.us.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp2.us.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp3.us.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp4.us.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / ftpv6)

  - ftp://ftp5.us.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / rsync)

  - ftp://ftp6.us.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / http)

  - ftp://ftp7.us.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / http / rsync)

  - ftp://ftp8.us.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp9.us.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / http)

  - ftp://ftp10.us.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp11.us.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp12.us.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / rsync)

  - ftp://ftp13.us.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / http / rsync)

  - ftp://ftp14.us.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

  - ftp://ftp15.us.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp)

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