Learning log #4
Now, this is very interesting. It's fascinating to see something you take for granted, such as accessing a website stored on a physical location very distant from yours, analyse and dissect it in a very technical way.

The Internet is something of a Ouroboros, a snake eating its tail, when it comes to degree of global connectedness it entails.

hop rtt rtt rtt ip address fully qualified domain name
1 5 1 1 70.84.211.97 61.d3.5446.static.theplanet.com
2 0 0 0 70.87.254.1 po101.dsr01.dllstx5.theplanet.com
3 0 0 0 70.85.127.105 po51.dsr01.dllstx3.theplanet.com
4 0 0 0 70.87.253.9 et3-1.ibr04.dllstx3.theplanet.com
5 * * *
6 41 41 41 72.52.92.57 10gigabitethernet1-2.core1.lax1.he.net
7 47 50 49 72.52.92.21 10gigabitethernet1-3.core1.pao1.he.net
8 41 41 41 72.52.92.70 10gigabitethernet4-1.core1.sjc2.he.net
9 44 44 44 216.218.192.234
10 162 161 161 202.147.0.58 gi1-0-0.cr2.nrt1.asianetcom.net
11 241 241 240 202.147.32.93 po5-0.gw3.sin1.asianetcom.net
12 266 266 266 202.147.33.174 aar-0002.gw3.sin1.asianetcom.net
13 265 266 266 202.158.194.145 so-3-2-0.bb1.a.per.aarnet.net.au
14 266 266 266 202.158.198.178 gigabitethernet0.er1.curtin.cpe.aarnet.net.au
15 266 266 266 202.158.198.186 gw1.er1.curtin.cpe.aarnet.net.au
16 * * *
17 * * *
18 * * *
19 267 267 267 134.7.179.56 systems.curtin.edu.au

avg 267 ms

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Ping 134.7.180.137

[lms.curtin.edu.au]

Round trip time to 134.7.180.137: 309 ms
Round trip time to 134.7.180.137: 302 ms
Round trip time to 134.7.180.137: 298 ms
Round trip time to 134.7.180.137: 298 ms
Round trip time to 134.7.180.137: 302 ms
Round trip time to 134.7.180.137: 311 ms
Round trip time to 134.7.180.137: 298 ms
Round trip time to 134.7.180.137: 303 ms
Round trip time to 134.7.180.137: 301 ms
Round trip time to 134.7.180.137: 304 ms

Average time over 10 pings: 302.6 ms