dwells@fits.cx.nrao.edu (Don Wells) (11/28/90)
=-=-= Countries =-=-= My count of IP_connected countries now stands at 24 (up from 22, and should be 25): AR[1] AT AU (BE[2]) CA CH CL[3] DE DK FI FR GR IL IN[4] IS IT JP KR MX NL NO NZ SE UK US [1] There is a host at the southern end of an IP circuit to Buenos Aires, Argentina, and it answers. [2] I have been informed of the existence of a connected 24_country corporate IP network which includes a host in Belgium, which I pinged and telnetted. I have decided not to count this or any other corporate_IP_net hosts in my list, partly because they are now just too easy to be a challenge, but also because I am a scientist and the point of my list is to assess the growth of the IP connectivity that binds the worldwide research community. However, I have been informed by a knowledgeable person that a certain Belgian university now has connected status so, although I do not yet know an IP address for that university, I expect to be able to count BE in the country list "real soon now". [3] The host in question is physically in Chile, but its name is in the EDU domain. [4] An IP circuit to Bombay, India now exists, so that a well-known UUCP host there now answers a ping or a telnet to port 25. =-=-= Continents =-=-= My count of IP_connected continents still stands at 5 (out of 7): Asia, Australia, Europe, North_America, South_America, plus miscellaneous islands in the Atlantic, Caribbean and Pacific oceans. Regarding the continent of Africa: I have gotten no indications of any non-commercial IP connection to anywhere in Africa, although several people who responded to my first message presume (as I do) that South Africa [ZA] will connect sometime soon. Regarding the continent of Antarctica: I have been informed that there is a SPAN circuit to the South Pole already. And, on page 53 of the October 1990 issue of NASA's Information Systems Quarterly I read: "From the NSFNET base at Christchurch [NZ], NSI [NASA Science Internet] will soon extend [IP] connectivity to the Antarctic region." I speculate that we will be able to "work all continents" within a year. -- 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 -- 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
gavron@alpha.sunquest.com (Ehud Gavron) (11/28/90)
In article <DWELLS.90Nov27112008@fits.cx.nrao.edu>,
dwells@fits.cx.nrao.edu (Don Wells) writes...
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# =-=-= Countries =-=-=
#
#My count of IP_connected countries now stands at 24 (up from 22, and
#should be 25):
It's 25.
#
#AR[1] AT AU (BE[2]) CA CH CL[3] DE DK FI FR GR IL IN[4] IS IT JP KR MX
#NL NO NZ SE UK US
#
#[2] I have been informed of the existence of a connected 24_country
#corporate IP network which includes a host in Belgium, which I pinged
#and telnetted. I have decided not to count this or any other
#corporate_IP_net hosts in my list, partly because they are now just
#too easy to be a challenge, but also because I am a scientist
No. Scientists are supposed to have open minds and
ability to think. Not closed-minded bigots who decide
arbitrarily that only universities count for ip
connectivity. This attitude does not belong on
c.p.tcp-ip.
#Regarding the continent of Africa: I have gotten no indications of any
#non-commercial IP connection to anywhere in Africa,
Give it up.
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#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
Ehud Gavron (gavron@vesta.sunquest.com)
"finger me, make my day"pinkham@ucthpx.UUCP (Chris Pinkham) (11/29/90)
In article <DWELLS.90Nov27112008@fits.cx.nrao.edu> dwells@fits.cx.nrao.edu (Don Wells) writes: > >Regarding the continent of Africa: I have gotten no indications of any >non-commercial IP connection to anywhere in Africa, although several >people who responded to my first message presume (as I do) that South >Africa [ZA] will connect sometime soon. I don't know of any IP connection to Africa. There certainly isn't any such connection to Southern Africa. The ZA domain is currently being served via a dial-up uucp link, thence onto an internal academic TCP/IP network. Connecting using IP is currently under consideration, with the major hurdle being the cost of a dedicated link. Don may well be able to ping us within a year (hope so, anyway!). -- Chris Pinkham Internet: pinkham@ucthpx.uct.ac.za Systems Programmer UUCP: ...!m2xenix!quagga!ucthpx!pinkham University of Cape Town