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 method to check if a site is down or if there is a problem on your end..

Using the ping command in the command prompt window on your computer may seem like something just computer system science instructors and students need to do, but the truth is that any instructor or trainee can gain from understanding how to do it. Running a traceroute may seem like something just a computer system science instructor or student must know how to do, however its in fact something that anybody can benefit from understanding how to do..
A traceroute shows you the hops or connection points between your computer system and the destination (typically a website). This is an intriguing way for trainees to see where in the world traffic is going to and coming from. Run a few traceroutes with your trainees and see if theyre shocked by what they see. View this short video in which I show how to carry out a traceroute..