Utilizing the ping command in the command timely window on your computer may look like something only computer science instructors and students ought to do, but the reality is that any teacher or student can gain from knowing how to do it. Running a traceroute might seem like something only a computer science instructor or student should understand how to do, but its actually something that anybody can benefit from understanding how to do..
A traceroute shows you the hops or connection points between your computer and the destination (often a site). Run a couple of traceroutes with your trainees and see if theyre surprised by what they see.

Back in November I.
published a video about using the ping command on a Windows computer. The reason for that was to reveal a simple approach to inspect if a site is down or if there is a problem on your end..