Traveling Through a Network: Using Ping & Traceroute Commands to Check Network Connections
Traveling Through a Network Part 1. Ping Activity and How Packets Travel Through the Network In my experience with network diagnostics, I utilized ping and traceroute commands to analyze how data packets travel through the internet. These tools help us understand the network activity and performance issues in communications between devices. After testing out the different websites, I observed how packets are transmitted, and the different paths they take depending on geographic location and network routing. When using the ping command, my device sends a series of data packets to the specified IP address or domain name. Then it travels across multiple nodes or routers and switches until it reaches the intended destination. RTT (round trip time) is measured with the ping command, displaying how long it takes for a packet to reach its destination, and return, this helps observe latency and your overall connection quality. ping google.com Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4...