Utilizing the ping command in the command timely window on your computer system might seem like something just computer technology instructors and trainees ought to do, but the reality is that any teacher or student can gain from understanding how to do it. Running a traceroute might seem like something just a computer science instructor or student should understand how to do, however its in fact something that anybody can benefit from knowing how to do..
A traceroute reveals you the hops or connection points between your computer system and the destination (typically a site). This is an interesting way for trainees to see where on the planet traffic is going to and coming from. Run a couple of traceroutes with your trainees and see if theyre amazed by what they see. View this short video in which I show how to perform a traceroute..

Back in November I.
released a video about using the ping command on a Windows computer system. The reason for that was to reveal an easy approach to examine if a website is down or if there is a problem on your end..