--- loncom/build/Attic/CHECKRPMS_custom	2002/11/22 19:10:20	1.1
+++ loncom/build/Attic/CHECKRPMS_custom	2002/12/18 14:39:03	1.2
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ my $command_name=$0;
 # ---------------- The FTP servers (and their directory paths) to check against
 my @serverpaths_to_try = 
   (
-    'ftpmirror:loncapa@install.lon-capa.org/pub/redhat/linux/updates/',
     'mirror.pa.msu.edu/linux/redhat/linux/updates/',
     'distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/redhat/updates/',
     'limestone.uoregon.edu/redhat/updates/',
@@ -212,7 +211,7 @@ SERVERLOOP: foreach my $serverpath (@ser
     $FTPSERVER_noauth=~s/^.*?\@//;
     print($out
 	  "Trying $FTPSERVER_noauth...\n"); # Notify of attempts with ip name.
-    `ping -c 1 $FTPSERVER_noauth 2>/dev/null`; # Ping ftp server (you there?).
+    `ping -c 1 -w 10 $FTPSERVER_noauth 2>/dev/null`;#Ping ftp server (u there?)
     if ($?==0) # If the ftp server can be pinged.
       {
 	print($out "$FTPSERVER found...\n"); # Tell user ftp server is found.