On Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:28:30 +0000, Invisible wrote:

>>>> 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.

Of course, I know that - you don't need to explain basic networking 
protocols to me.

We're obviously reading that line with two valid interpretations of the 
lyric.

> 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...

You're getting awfully wound up about this.  There's no need - as I said, 
we're each interpreting the line differently.  If you can't see that (or 
see the humour in my interpretation), your loss. :)

Jim

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