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From: corey@lod.com (Corey Lindsly)
Subject: [TUHS] Ping times (was: Code bloat)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 20:15:26 -0800 (PST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170210041526.D3C1140B9@lod.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2993F3BB-9286-4523-A7D6-FDFE57A6D2BD@superglobalmegacorp.com>

> 8.8.8.8 is a multicast. Google has these servers all over the world so 
> it's no surprise that everyone has good timing to them....

Well, technically it's anycast, which is conceptually similar to 
multicast but a distinct routing protocol. Anycast is one-to-nearest while 
multicast is one-to-many (selected).

--corey


  reply	other threads:[~2017-02-10  4:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <mailman.220.1486670111.3779.tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org>
2017-02-09 21:13 ` Johnny Billquist
2017-02-09 23:03   ` Joerg Schilling
2017-02-09 23:09     ` [TUHS] Ping times Johnny Billquist
2017-02-10  2:07     ` [TUHS] Ping times (was: Code bloat) Jason Stevens
2017-02-10  4:15       ` Corey Lindsly [this message]
2017-02-10  8:05       ` [TUHS] Ping times Johnny Billquist

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