Is ping affected by distance?
A friend had an assignment where he had to prove that RTTs and ping were affected by distance.
I noticed an obvious solution and proceeded to explain it to him. This is because I’m a nice person.
Here’s my solution:
[21:09] me: let me give you the easiest proof
[21:10] me: i attempt to ping the moon
[21:10] j: no no. they say must be us site. w
[21:10] me: it’s farther than england right
[21:10] j: er, europe. w
[21:10] me: so it’s very far away amirite?
[21:10] me: and the ping never comes back
[21:10] me: amirite?
[21:10] j: chuddup. no pc on the moon for u to ping
Obviously he wasn’t convinced. But I’m also a very patient person, so I provide another proof:
[21:10] me: also you can try to ping the sun
[21:10] j: i tried pinging krypton. Host cannot be resolved
[21:10] me: but you must be very careful when you ping the sun
[21:10] me: if you try to ping it in the daytime, the packet will burn up
[21:11] me: because the sun is very very hot
[21:11] me: so, you must ping it at night
I was even nice enough to give him precautions, but he goes and tries to ping Krypton instead.
Hmph, obviously that won’t work - we all know Krypton doesn’t exist!
I’m not THAT nice, so I’ll let him find that out by himself, hah.
January 11th, 2007 at 10:51 pm
As I was saying to Xephyris:
Ceteris paribus (all other things being equal), this question is essentially asking if electrons take longer to reach and come back from a further place than a nearer place.
January 12th, 2007 at 10:38 am
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January 12th, 2007 at 11:47 am
Technically, if you ping krypton your ping should be near zero because krypton is a noble gas that is present in air.
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