A Reason to Have Students Conduct Traceroutes Even if You’re Not a Computer Science Teacher

Using the ping command in the command prompt window on your computer may appear like something only computer system science instructors and students must do, but the reality is that any instructor or trainee can gain from knowing how to do it. Similarly, running a traceroute might appear like something just a computer technology instructor or trainee must know how to do, but its really something that anyone can gain from understanding how to do..
A traceroute shows you the hops or connection points in between your computer system and the location (frequently a site). This is a fascinating way for students to see where worldwide traffic is going to and originating from. If theyre shocked by what they see, Run a couple of traceroutes with your students and see. See this brief video in which I show how to perform a traceroute..

Back in November I.
released a video about utilizing the ping command on a Windows computer. The reason for that was to show a simple technique to inspect if a site is down or if there is a problem on your end..

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