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

Back in November I.
published a video about utilizing the ping command on a Windows computer. The reason for that was to show a simple technique to examine if a website is down or if there is an issue on your end..

Using the ping command in the command prompt window on your computer system might appear like something only computer technology instructors and trainees should do, but the reality is that any teacher or trainee can take advantage of understanding how to do it. Running a traceroute may appear like something only a computer system science instructor or student ought to understand how to do, however its actually something that anybody can benefit from knowing how to do..
A traceroute reveals you the hops or connection points in between your computer system and the destination (typically a site). Run a few traceroutes with your students and see if theyre surprised by what they see.

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