Using the ping command in the command timely window on your computer system might appear like something only computer science instructors and students should do, however the reality is that any teacher or student can take advantage of understanding how to do it. Running a traceroute might appear like something just a computer science teacher or student need to understand how to do, but its actually something that anyone can benefit from understanding how to do..
A traceroute shows you the hops or connection points in between your computer and the location (typically a site). Run a couple of traceroutes with your students 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 system. The reason for that was to show a simple method to check if a website is down or if there is an issue on your end..