Connectivity Providers Database

From: Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <o.crepin-leblond@ic.ac.uk> To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> CC: Steven Huter <sghuter@psg.com> Date: Mon, 23 Jan 1995 12:34:43 +0000 Randy and Steve, an update from Tibor Gruber in Hungary has prompted me to check for the full internet link to Saudi Arabia. It is actually currently pingable and I have conversed with the SMTP mailer on the other side. Traceroute from here (Imperial College, UK): traceroute kfupm.edu.sa traceroute to kfupm.edu.sa (156.151.129.5), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 mercury.ee.ic.ac.uk (155.198.136.1) 1.534 ms 1.678 ms 1.461 ms 2 ee-gw.ic.ac.uk (155.198.120.1) 2.513 ms 2.504 ms 2.453 ms 3 cisco-xr2.ic.ac.uk (155.198.1.8) 2.649 ms 2.824 ms 2.637 ms 4 smds-gw.ulcc.ja.net (193.63.203.33) 7.192 ms 19.049 ms 6.003 ms 5 icm-lon-1.icp.net (193.63.94.8) 8.218 ms 6.828 ms 11.416 ms 6 icm-dc-1-S3/2-1984k.icp.net (192.157.65.113) 190.948 ms 154.972ms 163.27 3 ms 7 * 192.41.177.180 (192.41.177.180) 364.458 ms * 8 * * core-fddi-1.Washington.mci.net (204.70.3.1) 198.494 ms 9 * core-hssi-3.Denver.mci.net (204.70.1.14) 226.592 ms * 10 core-hssi-3.SanFrancisco.mci.net (204.70.1.38) 243.915 ms * 343.988 ms 11 * border1-fddi0/0.SanFrancisco.mci.net (204.70.2.162) 249.425 ms 256.92ms 12 cpe1-hssi-1.SanFrancisco.mci.net (204.70.32.6) 293.924 ms * * 13 * SU-CM.BARRNET.NET (192.31.48.200) 260.993 ms * 14 FHDA.BARRNET.NET (131.119.13.2) 247.51 ms 235.175 ms 247.494 ms 15 PORTAL.BARRNET.NET (131.119.74.26) 246.251 ms 253.176 ms * 16 * * screen2.inet.portal.com (156.151.254.15) 240.159 ms 17 * * * 18 kfupm.edu.sa (156.151.129.5) 2378.34 ms 2850.63 ms 2522.97 ms Ping: uranus: /home/ocl>ping kfupm.edu.sa PING kfupm.edu.sa (156.151.129.5): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 156.151.129.5: icmp_seq=0 ttl=238 time=3229.1 ms 64 bytes from 156.151.129.5: icmp_seq=1 ttl=238 time=4028.4 ms 64 bytes from 156.151.129.5: icmp_seq=3 ttl=238 time=2111.1 ms 64 bytes from 156.151.129.5: icmp_seq=5 ttl=238 time=2629.2 ms 64 bytes from 156.151.129.5: icmp_seq=7 ttl=238 time=2221.9 ms 64 bytes from 156.151.129.5: icmp_seq=8 ttl=238 time=2669.6 ms 64 bytes from 156.151.129.5: icmp_seq=9 ttl=238 time=4838.4 ms 64 bytes from 156.151.129.5: icmp_seq=12 ttl=238 time=2643.6 ms 64 bytes from 156.151.129.5: icmp_seq=13 ttl=238 time=2626.5 ms 64 bytes from 156.151.129.5: icmp_seq=14 ttl=238 time=2634.9 ms --- kfupm.edu.sa ping statistics --- 18 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 44% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max = 2111.1/2963.2/4838.4 ms In short: it's very overloaded, but it's there.