On Wednesday 25 June 2025 at 18:08:37, Peter via Dng wrote:

> Installation instructions typically advise that closer servers are
> preferable to more distant ones.

> Will a knowledgeable person suggest a server for access from Vancouver,
> please.

I'd suggest you pick a few likely candidates and send 50 ICMP pings to each,
then select the one with the lowest RTT.

$ ping -qc 50 alpix.eu
PING alpix.eu (176.9.28.85) 56(84) bytes of data.

--- alpix.eu ping statistics ---
50 packets transmitted, 50 received, 0% packet loss, time 49066ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 16.520/20.192/29.137/2.718 ms

$ ping -qc 50 belltower.us
ping: unknown host belltower.us


Antony.

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