ftp server frustrating

[Tobias Fendin]

Vizion wrote:

>Hi
>
>When I need to log on to  ftp.freebsd.org manually 15 seconds (the allowed 
>login time) is insufficient  (especially when I am using my tablet) -- and I 
>sometimes get logged out if I have a long file name to get. This seems to 
>happen when there is a long file name to enter.
>
>Please can you raise the limits so they are reasonable for manual ftp access. 
>It is sometimes needed when for one reason or another one cannot obtain the
>file automatically. There are also occasions when the server drops connections 
>on automatic access due to network delays.
>
>My experience is that the time settings are overly tight.
>  
>

Why don't you try a mirror site?
You can find them in the handbook.

    -Tobias