Utilizing the ping command in the command timely window on your computer system might appear like something just computer technology teachers and students must do, however the reality is that any instructor or trainee can benefit from understanding how to do it. Similarly, running a traceroute may look like something only a computer system science teacher or trainee need to understand how to do, but its actually something that anybody can gain from knowing how to do..
A traceroute shows you the hops or connection points in between your computer system and the location (frequently a website). Run a couple of traceroutes with your trainees and see if theyre amazed 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 site is down or if there is an issue on your end..