In order to reduce network load, it is recommended that you use the
Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN) host which is located in the
closest network proximity to your site.  Alternatively, you may wish to
obtain a copy of the CTAN via CD-ROM (see help/CTAN.cdrom for details).

Known mirrors of the CTAN reside on (alphabetically, by country):
  ctan.unsw.edu.au (NSW, Australia)       /tex-archive
  mirror.aarnet.edu.au (QLD, Australia)   /pub/tex-archive
  ftp.univie.ac.at (Austria)              /packages/tex
  gd.tuwien.ac.at (Austria)               /publishing/tex/CTAN

  ftp.belnet.be (Belgium)                 /packages/TeX

  ctan.math.mun.ca (Newfoundland, Canada) /tex-archive 
  scratchy.emate.ucr.ac.cr (Costa Rica)   /pub/ctan

  ftp.cstug.cz (The Czech Republic)       /pub/tex/CTAN

  ftp.net.uni-c.dk (Denmark)              /mirror/ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive
  sunsite.auc.dk (Denmark)                /pub/tex/ctan

  ftp.gwdg.de (Germany)                   /pub/dante
  ftp.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Germany) /tex-archive
  ftp.mpi-sb.mpg.de (Germany)             /pub/tex/mirror/ftp.dante.de
  ftp.tu-chemnitz.de (Germany)            /pub/tex
  ftp.uni-augsburg.de (Germany)           /pub/tex/ctan
  ftp.uni-bielefeld.de (Germany)          /pub/tex
  ftp.uni-stuttgart.de (Germany)          /tex-archive (/pub/tex)

  ftp.ut.ee (Estonia)                     /tex-archive

  ftp.funet.fi (Finland)                  /pub/TeX/CTAN
  ftp.jussieu.fr (France)                 /pub4/TeX/CTAN
  ftp.loria.fr (France)                   /pub/ctan
  ftp.oleane.net (France)                 /pub/mirrors/CTAN/

  ftp.ntua.gr (Greece)                    /mirror/ctan

  ftp.comp.hkbu.edu.hk (Hong Kong)        /pub/TeX/CTAN
  ftp.sztaki.hu (Hungary)                 /pub/tex

  ftp.heanet.ie (Ireland)                 /pub/ctan/tex
  cis.uniRoma2.it (Italy)                 /TeX
  ftp.unina.it (Italy)                    /pub/TeX

  ftp.lab.kdd.co.jp (Japan)               /CTAN
  ftp.meisei-u.ac.jp (Japan)              /pub/CTAN
  ftp.riken.go.jp (Japan)                 /pub/tex-archive
  ftp.u-aizu.ac.jp (Japan)                /pub/tex/CTAN

  ftp.kreonet.re.kr (Korea)               /pub/CTAN

  ftp.cs.ruu.nl (The Netherlands)         /pub/tex-archive

  sunsite.icm.edu.pl (Poland)             /pub/CTAN

  ftp.radio-msu.net (Russia *only*)       /tex-archive
  tex.ihep.su (Russia)                    /pub/TeX/CTAN

  ftpserver.nus.sg (Singapore)            /pub/zi/TeX
  ftp.rediris.es (Spain)                  /mirror/tex-archive
  ftp.nada.kth.se (Sweden)                /pub/tex/ctan-mirror
  sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch (Switzerland)   /mirror/tex

  ftp.ccu.edu.tw (Taiwan)                 /pub/tex
  dongpo.math.ncu.edu.tw (Taiwan)         /tex-archive
  sunsite.bilkent.edu.tr (Turkey)         /pub/tex/ctan

  sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk (UK)               /packages/tex/uk-tex
  ftp.cdrom.com (West coast, USA)         /pub/tex/ctan
  ftp.cise.ufl.edu (Florida, USA)         /tex-archive
  ftp.duke.edu (North Carolina, USA)      /tex-archive
  ftp.rge.com (New York, USA)             /pub/tex
  joshua.smcvt.edu (Vermont, USA)         /pub/tex
  sunsite.unc.edu (North Carolina, USA)   /pub/packages/TeX
  wuarchive.wustl.edu (Missouri, USA)     /packages/TeX

Known partial mirrors of the CTAN reside on:
  ftp.dcc.uchile.cl (Chile)               /pub/Mirror/ctan
  ftp.germany.eu.net (Germany)            /pub/packages/TeX
  ftp.gust.org.pl (Poland)                /pub/TeX
  sunsite.dsi.unimi.it (Italy)            /pub/TeX
  sunsite.snu.ac.kr (Korea)               /shortcut/CTAN
  ftp.jaist.ac.jp (Japan)                 /pub/TeX/tex-archive
  ftp.fcu.edu.tw (Taiwan)                 /pub2/tex
  ftp.uu.net (Virginia, USA)              /pub/text-processing/TeX

Please send updates to this list to <ctan@urz.uni-heidelberg.de>.

The participating hosts in the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network are:
  ftp.dante.de  (Mainz, Germany)         
       -- anonymous ftp                   /tex-archive (/pub/tex /pub/archive)
       -- gopher on node gopher.dante.de
       -- email via ftpmail@dante.de
       -- World Wide Web access on http://www.dante.de/
       -- Administrator: <ftpmaint@dante.de>

  ftp.tex.ac.uk (Cambridge, UK)
       -- anonymous ftp                   /tex-archive (/pub/tex /pub/archive)
       -- gopher on node gopher.tex.ac.uk
       -- NFS mountable from nfs.tex.ac.uk:/public/ctan/tex-archive
       -- World Wide Web access on http://www.tex.ac.uk/
       -- Administrator: <ctan-uk@tex.ac.uk>

  ctan.tug.org (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
       -- anonymous ftp                   /tex-archive (/pub/archive)
       -- World Wide Web access on http://ctan.tug.org/
       -- Administrator: <ctan@tug.org>
