- How long does it take for this process of data transfer to take on the internet?
- Traceroute is a program that sends packets to each router on a path to a destination, reporting the time it takes to reach that router
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From Sanders Theatre to Google.com:
- 1-2: A few unnamed routers at Harvard
- 3-4: More Harvard routers
- 5-6: Level3 is a ISP
- 7+: The routers are denying the request
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From Sanders Theatre to Berkeley.edu
- 6: Northern Crossroads
- 7-14: A fast connection
- 8-9: Chicago
- 10-11: Denver
- 12-13: Las Vegas
- 14: Los Angeles
- 19 is where it arrives at Berkeley in 80 ms!
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From Sanders Theatre to MIT.edu
- 6-7: Goes to New York connectivity
- 8: MIT’s website is outsourced to Akamai’s NYC servers
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From Sanders Theatre to CNN.jp
- 9-10 jumps from Seattle to Osaka past an ocean!