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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FTP Installing ... fails
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 06:00:23 -0700
Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM
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Hans J. Mayer wrote:
> Is there a way to enter the IP number instead of a fqdn (ftp.de.freebsd.org)?

Sure. Just choose "other" in the FTP site menu and then type in:

ftp://<ipaddr>/pub/FreeBSD as the URL.
-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  FreeBSD core team / Walnut Creek CDROM.