Bouncing around the country

[rfunk]

This is cute. A traceroute from my home in North Canton, OH, to the funknet.net server somewhere in the vicinity of Columbus, OH, appears to take the following route geographically:
North Canton -> Cincinnati -> New York -> Chicago -> Columbus
The total is 16 hops.

But hey, that's better than the route to a friend's server in nearby Akron; that one goes through Cinci, Chicago, Kansas City, Dallas, and back to Chicago before heading back to the vicinity of Cleveland. 22 hops.

Lesson: Real geography has very little to do with net-nearness.


Speaking of geography and the net, I have to admit that after moving to NE Ohio it took quite a while before I could see signs for Ohio Route 21 without thinking of FTP (possibly because I was doing firewall work when I moved up here). And I still can't see the signs for North Royalton without thinking of all the traceroutes I've seen go through there; I'm not yet convinced that anything exists in North Royalton besides a backbone router.

Comments

[ceolnamara.livejournal.com]

Hey now. I live on the border of NR. I can walk there from my house.

:-p

North Royalton

[rfunk.livejournal.com]

Hmm, still not convinced. :-) Now if you lived in North Royalton, then I'd know that at least your house was there. But in that case, the backbone router could be in your basement, and there might be nothing else around.

Re: North Royalton

[ceolnamara.livejournal.com]

Huhm, I guess that's true ... But, is my word not enough for you? ;-)

As for there being a backbone router in my basement, that could answer a few questions.

Re: North Royalton

[rfunk.livejournal.com]

But, is my word not enough for you? ;-)

Maybe, but you just said you lived near North Royalton. You didn't say what's there when you walk there.

As for there being a backbone router in my basement, that could answer a few questions.

Been having strange dreams at night, eh?