On Fri, 02 Mar 2012 09:03:30 +0000, Invisible wrote:

>>> Who said it was returned by the /local/ gateway? It could be returned
>>> by any node along the route.
>>
>> First line of the lyrics:
>>
>>     I gave a message to my local gateway,
>>
>> That's where I got it from, though it seems that actually the reply is
>> coming from the next hop.
>>
>> Still, 84 ms is kinda slow for a single hop away.  I'd be talking to
>> the ISP. :)
> 
> I say again: ICMP replies can come from /any/ hop along the route, not
> just the first or second hop.

Yes, I'm well aware of what ICMP's uses are.  I've only been working with 
TCP/IP and networking in general for 15+ years.

But the lyric says the message was given to the local gateway.  Not to 
some random device on the Internet, but to the gateway itself.

Jim

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