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 2009/11/04 17:21:16 UTC)
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / ftpv6 / http / httpv6)
In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster <mirror-admin@FreeBSD.org> for this
domain.
ftp://ftp4.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / ftpv6 / http / httpv6)
ftp://ftp10.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / ftpv6 / http / httpv6)
In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster <hostmaster@ar.FreeBSD.org> for
this domain.
In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster <hostmaster@am.FreeBSD.org> for
this domain.
ftp://ftp1.am.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / http / rsync)
In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster <hostmaster@au.FreeBSD.org> for
this domain.
In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster <hostmaster@at.FreeBSD.org> for
this domain.
ftp://ftp2.at.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / http / rsync)
In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster <hostmaster@br.FreeBSD.org> for
this domain.
ftp://ftp3.br.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / rsync)
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)
In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster <hostmaster@ca.FreeBSD.org> for
this domain.
In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster <hostmaster@cn.FreeBSD.org> for
this domain.
In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster <hostmaster@hr.FreeBSD.org> for
this domain.
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)
In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster <hostmaster@dk.FreeBSD.org> for
this domain.
ftp://ftp.dk.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / ftpv6 / http / httpv6)
In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster <hostmaster@ee.FreeBSD.org> for
this domain.
In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster <hostmaster@fi.FreeBSD.org> for
this domain.
In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster <hostmaster@fr.FreeBSD.org> for
this domain.
In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster <de-bsd-hubs@de.FreeBSD.org > for
this domain.
ftp://ftp2.de.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / http / rsync)
ftp://ftp4.de.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / http / rsync)
In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster <hostmaster@gr.FreeBSD.org> for
this domain.
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)
In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster <hostmaster@is.FreeBSD.org> for
this domain.
ftp://ftp.is.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / rsync)
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)
In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster <hostmaster@ie.FreeBSD.org> for
this domain.
ftp://ftp2.ie.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / http / rsync)
ftp://ftp3.ie.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / http / rsync)
In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster <hostmaster@il.FreeBSD.org> for
this domain.
ftp://ftp.il.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / ftpv6)
In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster <hostmaster@it.FreeBSD.org> for
this domain.
In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster <hostmaster@jp.FreeBSD.org> for
this domain.
In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster <hostmaster@kr.FreeBSD.org> for
this domain.
ftp://ftp.kr.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / rsync)
In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster <hostmaster@lv.FreeBSD.org> for
this domain.
In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster <hostmaster@lt.FreeBSD.org> for
this domain.
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)
In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster <hostmaster@no.FreeBSD.org> for
this domain.
ftp://ftp.no.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / rsync)
In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster <hostmaster@pl.FreeBSD.org> for
this domain.
ftp://ftp2.pl.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / ftpv6 / http / httpv6 / rsync / rsyncv6)
In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster <hostmaster@pt.FreeBSD.org> for
this domain.
In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster <hostmaster@ro.FreeBSD.org> for
this domain.
ftp://ftp1.ro.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / ftpv6 / http / httpv6)
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://ftp5.ru.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / http / rsync)
In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster <ftpadmin@isu.net.sa> for this
domain.
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)
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)
In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster <hostmaster@si.FreeBSD.org> for
this domain.
In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster <hostmaster@za.FreeBSD.org> for
this domain.
In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster <hostmaster@es.FreeBSD.org> for
this domain.
In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster <hostmaster@se.FreeBSD.org> for
this domain.
In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster <hostmaster@ch.FreeBSD.org> for
this domain.
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://ftp6.tw.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / http / rsync)
ftp://ftp.tr.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / http / rsync)
ftp://ftp2.tr.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / rsync)
In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster <hostmaster@uk.FreeBSD.org> for
this domain.
In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster <hostmaster@us.FreeBSD.org> for
this domain.
ftp://ftp4.us.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / ftpv6 / http / httpv6)
ftp://ftp5.us.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / rsync)
ftp://ftp7.us.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / http / rsync)
ftp://ftp12.us.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / rsync)
ftp://ftp13.us.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ (ftp / http / rsync)
This, and other documents, can be downloaded from ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/.
For questions about FreeBSD, read the documentation before contacting <questions@FreeBSD.org>.
For questions about this documentation, e-mail <doc@FreeBSD.org>.