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Re: Ping triangulation

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roy)
Sat Jul 27 21:46:57 1996

Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 18:01:39 -0700
From: Roy <garlic@garlic.com>
To: Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com>
CC: nanog@merit.edu

They use the ping times to figure out which server would be closest.
All the servers are not located in the same place.  The idea is that 
european users may receive better service from a european server.

Roy



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