dwells@fits.cx.nrao.edu (Don Wells) (11/23/90)
For several years I have been watching more and more countries connect to the Internet. I have enjoyed pinging a host in each one as soon as it became possible. The sensation is like a stamp collector receiving an example of an elegant stamp from some distant exotic place not previously represented in his collection. Tonight I was reviewing the list of countries I have pinged [1], and realized that I have "worked" all continents except Africa and Antarctica. I presume that eventually the US NSF's South Pole research station will get an IP link, but I won't hold my breath while waiting. Africa is a more likely case, which leads to my question: Is there a host on the continent of Africa that can be pinged? [2] =-=-= [1] 22 countries: AT AU CA CH CL[3] DE DK FI FR GR IL IS IT JP KR MX NL NO NZ SE UK US(of course); 5 continents: Asia, Australia, Europe, North_America, South_America, plus some islands in the Atlantic, Caribbean and Pacific. IL, GR and AT were the most recent additions to the list of countries. I know of the existence of IP links to BE and Argentina but don't yet know any IP numbers in those countries. [2] NOTE: Israel is in Asia, not Africa. [3] The Chilean host is at a US astronomical observatory in central Chile; although its name is in the EDU domain, not the CL domain, it is definitely located in South_America. -- Donald C. Wells, Assoc. Scientist | dwells@nrao.edu Nat. Radio Astronomy Observatory | 6654::DWELLS Edgemont Road | +1-804-296-0277 38:02.2N Charlottesville, VA 22903-2475 USA | +1-804-296-0278(Fax) 78:31.1W
ccfj@quagga.ru.ac.za (F.F. Jacot Guillarmod) (11/29/90)
In <DWELLS.90Nov23004927@fits.cx.nrao.edu> 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)