Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!midway!gargoyle!ddsw1!olsa99!ctk1!undeed!ucthpx!quagga!ccfj From: ccfj@quagga.ru.ac.za (F.F. Jacot Guillarmod) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains Subject: Re: Ping a host in Africa? Message-ID: <1990Nov29.102900.16302@quagga.ru.ac.za> Date: 29 Nov 90 10:29:00 GMT References: Distribution: comp Organization: Rhodes University, Grahamstown, RSA Lines: 24 In dwells@fits.cx.nrao.edu (Don Wells) writes: >Is there a host on the continent of Africa that can be pinged? [2] There may well be several early next year. Our international link is still via dialup, but there are a growing number of hosts within South Africa that are talking TCP/IP to each other. The intention is to get a dedicated line to give us true internet connectivity. Until then, you will have to make do with this :-) PING daisy.ee.und.ac.za: 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 192.70.237.65: icmp_seq=0. time=400. ms 64 bytes from 192.70.237.65: icmp_seq=1. time=380. ms 64 bytes from 192.70.237.65: icmp_seq=2. time=380. ms ----daisy.ee.und.ac.za PING Statistics---- 3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip (ms) min/avg/max = 380/386/400 -- F.F. Jacot Guillarmod - Computing Centre - Rhodes University - Grahamstown =+=+=+ Internet: ccfj@quagga.ru.ac.za uucp: ..!m2xenix!quagga!ccfj +=+=+= (if the .za address fails, use ccfj.quagga@f4.n494.z5.fidonet.org)