Traveling Through a Network
An interesting experiment is using ping and traceroute commands on your computer. To use ping or traceroute commands on a windows computer right click the Start menu and click run. Then type cmd into the textbox and click OK. Then in the command prompt, type ping, then space, then the specific domain name or IP address, and press enter. Follow the same steps to perform a traceroute, but instead of typing ping, type traceroute. Using ping and traceroute, you send signals or packets of information from your computer to websites, other computers, or devices within the network. After sending the signal through a ping or traceroute, you will be able to see if the other device or website got the signal, if it was returned, and how long it took to reach the other device or website. If, when doing a ping for a device such as a printer in the local network and you receive a “request timed out” message, this could mean an issue with the printer, such as not being connected to the internet. I...