Does the LyX installer for Windows need to change the path for downloading miktex from "/get/systems/win32/miktex/setup" to "/systems/win32/miktex/setup"?
When I tried to install LyX 1.6.9-2 for Microsoft Windows using the standard installer (ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.6.9/LyX-1.6.9-2-Installer.exe), the installer reported the error "Downloading MikTeX failed". I reran the installer while taking a network trace and saw the following error: 1910 71.947625 171.71.137.121 171.70.168.183 DNS Standard query A www.ctan.org 1911 72.047106 171.70.168.183 171.71.137.121 DNS Standard query response CNAME alan.smcvt.edu A 192.80.64.33 1915 72.136694 171.71.137.121 192.80.64.33 HTTP GET /get/systems/win32/miktex/setup/basic-miktex-2.9.3972.exe HTTP/1.0 1918 72.282413 192.80.64.33 171.71.137.121 HTTP HTTP/1.1 404 NOT FOUND (text/html) I then went to the miktex web site and checked it's download page. I didn't see alan.smcvt.edu listed as a mirror, so I tried using "ctan.mackichan.com", again while taking a network trace. This time, I saw: 94 4.739099 171.71.137.121 171.70.168.183 DNS Standard query A ctan.mackichan.com 96 4.896114 171.70.168.183 171.71.137.121 DNS Standard query response A 50.17.254.94 102 4.975983 171.71.137.121 50.17.254.94 HTTP GET /systems/win32/miktex/setup/basic-miktex-2.9.4106.exe HTTP/1.0 ...followed by a stream of data. I then went to http://alan.smcvt.edu and clicked the "Browse the directory tree link". I found the following link: http://mirrors.ctan.org/systems/win32/miktex/setup/basic-miktex-2.9.3972 .exe
