Using the ping command in the command prompt window on your computer may appear like something only computer science teachers and students need to do, but the reality is that any teacher or student can take advantage of knowing how to do it. Also, running a traceroute might look like something only a computer system science teacher or trainee need to know how to do, but its in fact something that anyone can gain from knowing how to do..
A traceroute shows you the hops or connection points between your computer system and the destination (often a website). Run a few traceroutes with your students and see if theyre shocked 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 reveal a simple method to inspect if a website is down or if there is an issue on your end..