Using the ping command in the command prompt window on your computer may look like something just computer science teachers and students ought to do, but the truth is that any teacher or trainee can take advantage of understanding how to do it. Likewise, running a traceroute may appear like something only a computer technology teacher or trainee ought to know how to do, but its really something that anybody can gain from understanding how to do..
A traceroute reveals you the hops or connection points between your computer and the location (often a site). This is a fascinating method for students to see where in the world traffic is going to and originating from. Run a couple of traceroutes with your students and see if theyre surprised by what they see. View this short video in which I demonstrate how to perform a traceroute..

Back in November I.
released a video about using the ping command on a Windows computer. The factor for that was to show a simple method to inspect if a website is down or if there is a problem on your end..