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Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1998 00:28:29 -0700 To: AFRIK-IT@LISTSERV.HEANET.IE, info-nets@rg.net From: "Steven G. Huter" Cc: Mohammed Jah , ocl@gih.com, nsrc@nsrc.org, mikej@sn.apc.org A 128k link to the first ISP in the Gambia, connected to the public Internet, has been up and stable for a few days now. Special thanks to William Tevie of NCS in Ghana for helping to get the network on the air. bash-2.01# ping -s qanet.gm PING qanet.gm: 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 212.60.67.1: icmp_seq=0. time=784. ms 64 bytes from 212.60.67.1: icmp_seq=1. time=781. ms 64 bytes from 212.60.67.1: icmp_seq=2. time=783. ms 64 bytes from 212.60.67.1: icmp_seq=3. time=787. ms 64 bytes from 212.60.67.1: icmp_seq=4. time=782. ms ^C ----qanet.gm PING Statistics---- 5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip (ms) min/avg/max = 781/783/787 pop.nsrc.org:/# traceroute quantum.gm traceroute to quantum.gm (212.60.67.1), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 cisco10-gw.uoregon.edu (128.223.162.1) 5.428 ms 4.578 ms 2.595 ms 2 cisco7-gw.uoregon.edu (128.223.3.7) 39.307 ms * 148.826 ms 3 eugene-isp.nero.net (207.98.66.19) 1.617 ms 1.836 ms 2.585 ms 4 166.48.14.5 (166.48.14.5) 14.072 ms 20.403 ms 20.483 ms 5 core9.WestOrange.cw.net (204.70.9.53) 79.369 ms 82.085 ms 91.167 ms 6 core2-hssi-2.NewYork.cw.net (204.70.1.97) 96.643 ms 96.516 ms 97.665 ms 7 borderx2-fddi-1.NewYork.cw.net (204.70.219.68) 206.508 ms 219.470 ms 250.985 ms 8 teleglobe.NewYork.cw.net (204.70.219.122) 119.836 ms 104.704 ms 103.014 ms 9 Teleglobe.net (207.45.223.169) 92.882 ms 93.962 ms 92.952 ms 10 gin-mtt-core1.Teleglobe.net (207.45.223.110) 99.509 ms 100.605 ms 97.322 ms 11 * gin-mtt-bb1.Teleglobe.net (207.45.223.97) 109.260 ms 104.164 ms 12 cust-gw.Teleglobe.net (199.202.55.98) 769.210 ms 775.527 ms 797.043 ms 13 212.60.64.1 (212.60.64.1) 780.939 ms 761.805 ms 776.392 ms 14 212.60.64.14 (212.60.64.14) 768.523 ms 757.427 ms 756.141 ms 15 212.60.65.66 (212.60.65.66) 769.080 ms 766.581 ms 871.976 ms 16 212.60.64.130 (212.60.64.130) 781.072 ms 781.056 ms 775.020 ms 17 212.60.67.1 (212.60.67.1) 766.537 ms 768.961 ms 782.565 ms pop.nsrc.org:/# telnet quantum.gm 25 Trying 212.60.67.1... Connected to quantum.gm. Escape character is '^]'. 220 qanet.gm ESMTP Sendmail ready at Fri, 9 Oct 1998 21:26:37 GMT Steve Huter The Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC) http://www.nsrc.org/