OT: diagnosing with ping (was Re: Dejawin Lost Connection)

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 09:19:33AM -0400, Bill Vermillion wrote:
> Change that line to 'all most all TCP/IP in MS came from the
> original BSD code' which as I recall was partially done by BBN.

This is covered in some depth in the excellent book _Where Wizards Stay
Up Late_, an I don't remember, either, which way it went.  I know that
Unix became the default OS for the Internet because of the 4BSD TCP
implementation, which was done at Berzerkeley, but I just can't
remember whether the design was done there, or whether BBN's IMP's did
TCP.  I don't think they did: I think that the first TCP router was Dan
Mills' PDP-11 based Fuzzball.

I'll grab the book tonight and look; I actually know right where that
book is.

Cheers,
-- jra
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