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   Jorgen Grahn to bit-naughty@hotmail.com   
   Re: How does internet routing work?   
   18 May 18 10:39:59   
   
   From: grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se   
      
   On Fri, 2018-05-18, bit-naughty@hotmail.com wrote:   
   > If I send a packet to , how does the router   
      
   Which router?   
      
   > know where to send it to?   
      
   It has a routing table which answers "which of my neighboring nodes   
   should I send this packet to, to get it /closer to/ its destination?"   
      
   Home routers tend to have a simple, handmade routing table.   
   Routers out on the net learn from each other, using elaborate   
   schemes I know little about.   
      
   > I saw on a video on the net, where Vint Cerf   
   > *himself* said that an IP address has  reserved for   
   > country, then city, and so on.... is that true?   
      
   No.   
      
   /Jorgen   
      
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