4. Traveling Through A Network

 Ping 1 (Google.com)

Ping 2 (Gov.uk)

Ping 3 (instagram.com.au)

Trace 1 (google.com)

Trace 2 (facebook.com)

Trace 3 (Gov.uk)

Reflection Essay

Running a ping or traceroute command near my location was way faster to travel through the internet than the IP addresses further away. From my observation, international websites are slower to ping or trace than those nearer and more popular. I currently reside in the UK, so most of the websites I added (.uk) give me information by 2-3 milliseconds faster than more popular sites like Google and Facebook. Regardless pinging and tracing gave me brief details on data and connectivity to each website. It was clear and concise information to where my packets went through to get to the designated IP addresses I pinged and traced.

It's essential to learn how to ping and trace so when a user gets an error message; they'll be able to figure out why they're getting that error. Often, a request timed out news is because a firewall blocks the connectivity. The remote host might be down, or there might not be a route back to the user's computer. The user can troubleshoot this problem to connect to the site and resolve the issue. When a ping is blocked, that means the server isn't responding at all; then the user can restart their connection, disable their firewall and antivirus, clear browse cache, flush DNS Cache, and change their DNS servers. Pinging and tracing can save users time to figure out what's wrong and instead give them different troubleshooting steps to regain their connection with specific sites. There are many ways to use the two to solve the problem themselves instead of calling someone else for help. Pinging and tracing can save users their time and frustration; it's a piece of valuable knowledge to obtain for future network problems. 

 

https://kinsta.com/knowledgebase/this-site-cant-be-reached/ (Links to an external site.)

https://www.corenetworkz.com/2009/05/request-timed-out.html