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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!news.cps.udayton.edu!news.conterra.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.fido.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!crucigera.vulpine.org.uk From: "Farthing W. Fox" <fox@vulpes.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: demon.ip.support,demon.tech.unix,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Batch FTP and Web Pages Date: 10 Jul 1996 21:10:56 +0100 Organization: Vulpes Corporation UK Lines: 54 Sender: fox@vulpes.demon.co.uk Message-ID: <m2u3vfkgxb.fsf@vulpes.demon.co.uk> References: <31D4AA3A.BC0@www.play-hookey.com> <4rjrkt$ih@anorak.coverform.lan> <4rphs7$158@avondale.demon.co.uk> <4rr0us$fj@anorak.coverform.lan> <4rtrbh$2s8@avondale.demon.co.uk> X-NNTP-Posting-Host: crucigera.vulpine.org.uk In-reply-to: jfhall@avondale.demon.co.uk's message of 9 Jul 1996 15:46:09 +0100 X-WWW-HomePage: http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/~fox/ X-WWW-FoxPages: currently moving... X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.1 Originator: fox@vulpes X-Mail2News-Path: relay-5.mail.demon.net!post.demon.co.uk!vulpes.demon.co.uk!crucigera.vulpine.org.uk >>>>> In article <4rtrbh$2s8@avondale.demon.co.uk>, jfhall@avondale.demon.co.uk (John F Hall) writes: John> In article <4rr0us$fj@anorak.coverform.lan>, Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> wrote: >> John F Hall (jfhall@avondale.demon.co.uk) wrote: >> : In article <4rjrkt$ih@anorak.coverform.lan>, : Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> wrote: >> Right.... so..... if we add the bandwidths of the lines, we have one >> line.... I'm talking virtual. We're all routing through one router John> Ah, yes, if you add all the bandwidths together and *pretend* John> they're one line, there's one line. Big deal. BTW there's *not* John> just one router. FYI, two main routers, the COWS (ermin and trude) in Finchley, and the core routers A and B in Telehouse. >> - at least everyone I know on demon connects to demon-du.demon.co.uk. John> Ever heard "when you're in a hole, stop digging" - or are you John> determined to show you don't know what you're talking about! John> demon-du.demon.co.uk is *not* a router, it's the access computer John> one dials into. "demon-du" - demon-dial-up - get it? John> demon-du.demon.co.uk is *not* a single machine, it's a name that John> is aliased to whichever machine you dial into, of which there are John> *many*. It's done so that everyone has a single name they can John> build into access scripts if needed. True, on half of that. On each of the dialup machines (both the ascends and the morningstars) have a fake interface to demon-du.demon.co.uk. However, there is a machine called demon-du.demon.co.uk - it really exists - so, work that one out :) John> The roundabout way to Columbus Ohio via psi.net, mae-west, and San John> Fransisco makes me think that that route went down the new line. John> :-) All US traffic is going over the DS3 - it's unlikely, but not impossible, that you'll be routed over the T1's. They're basically a backup now should the DS3 wibble violently. >> Ok, I agree with this, there are bottlenecks outside of demon, but I >> think that the whole UK-US thing is almost completely Demons fault. Of course - Demon is entirely to blame for obtaining a 45Mbit line to the US. I've not heard them blame anyone else - well, okay then - BT was to blame for it being late, but that's probably because a) they provided the line and b) they wanted to be first by giving priority to theirs. -- F W Fox fox@vulpes.demon.co.uk