You joined a new company as a network engineer. You have a server in Orlando and a client in Seattle. The distance between them is 3000 kilometers with 100 routers between them. A packet can take up to 300 microseconds to get out from the router. Assume the propagation speed in the wires is 200,000,000 m/s. How much can the routers contribute to the overall length/distance between the two cities? Show your work.

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You joined a new company as a network engineer. You have a server in Orlando and a client in Seattle. The distance between them is 3000 kilometers with 100 routers between them. A packet can take up to 300 microseconds to get out from the router. Assume the propagation speed in the wires is 200,000,000 m/s. How much can the routers contribute to the overall length/distance between the two cities? Show your work.

Hint: it could add 20 km, 100 km, 500 km, etc.

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