Jorge Nieves <jorge.nieves <at> moorecap.com> writes: > > > Hi, > > We have some tight controls in our systems and I am having difficulty > downloading/upgrading R packages. The IT department will configure our > system to let me download packages from two or three R depositories. > How do I find out what the IP address of the R depositories are so that > I can select a few? The IT department needs to know the IP addresses. > > Thanks, > > Jorge Nieves >
This works for me. Substitute your closest mirror(s). (I believe 'ping' should be available on Windows, MacOS, or Linux in a command window.) > ping probability.ca PING probability.ca (128.100.73.51) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from markov.utstat.toronto.edu (128.100.73.51): icmp_seq=2 ttl=52 time=125 ms 64 bytes from markov.utstat.toronto.edu (128.100.73.51): icmp_seq=3 ttl=52 time=152 ms > ping cran.r-project.org PING cran.wu-wien.ac.at (137.208.57.37) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from cran.wu-wien.ac.at (137.208.57.37): icmp_seq=1 ttl=44 time=123 ms 64 bytes from cran.wu-wien.ac.at (137.208.57.37): icmp_seq=2 ttl=44 time=122 ms ^C > ping r-forge.r-project.org PING r-forge.wu-wien.ac.at (137.208.57.38) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from r-forge.wu-wien.ac.at (137.208.57.38): icmp_seq=1 ttl=44 time=123 ms 64 bytes from r-forge.wu-wien.ac.at (137.208.57.38): icmp_seq=2 ttl=44 time=122 ms ^C ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.