>>> 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.

*sigh* To send traffic to a distant host, you first forward it to the 
local gateway. The gateway then forwards it to the next hop, and so forth.

Much like how the original song begins "I gave a letter to the postman, 
he put it in his sack". That's how you send a letter. It doesn't mean 
the letter is actually addressed to the postman himself. Sheesh...

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