[25483] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IP-Internets
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Shields)
Thu Oct 14 17:26:33 1999
From: shields@msrl.com (Michael Shields)
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To: "Alex P. Rudnev" <alex@virgin.relcom.eu.net>
Cc: Bulent Yener <yener@research.bell-labs.com>, nanog@merit.edu
Date: 14 Oct 1999 21:04:48 +0000
In-Reply-To: "Alex P. Rudnev"'s message of "Thu, 14 Oct 1999 20:03:41 +0400 (MSD)"
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In article <Pine.SUN.4.10.9910142002090.547-100000@virgin.relcom.eu.net>,
"Alex P. Rudnev" <alex@virgin.relcom.eu.net> wrote:
> > 4- what is the maximum distance between any two points in a autonm.
> > system?
> 40,000 Km / 2 = 20,000 Km. -:)
You assume that all packets travel a great circle distance, which
is not the case. Route miles can be much greater and can involve
trips to geosynchronous orbit...
--
Shields.
