Ping and Traceroute Commands

 Ping Activity

For the Ping activity, I chose to ping Amazon.es and yahoo.es; both websites are from Spain. When I pinged both Amazon.es and yahoo.es, I sent 4 packets and received 4 packets with none lost. Both came back with the same round trip times.

 

Traceroute Activity

For the traceroute activity I used the same websites. Both websites hopped 15 times. Amazon.es timed out twice while yahoo.es timed out seven times. 

Traveling Through a Network Reflection Essay

These tests showed me how data is transmitted and received within a specific time. The information contained in the packet that is sent contains fragments of information which is routed through the network. Each packet contains information about its source and destination and allows it to navigate through different paths to reach its final destination.

These two commands help determine connection problems. Pinging a website or a computer can help the end user by checking the connectivity and speed of the network connection. If there was a high ping, it means there is a potential network issue or a delay in connection. If the ping is low it means that there is a fast and stable connection.

Examples of a ping or traceroute command that may time out or return with an error response is there may be a firewall blocking it or the wrong IP address was entered. Both of these examples could delay a response or return with an error.