Running Through The Network
Ping and Tracert commands provide for an interesting exercise to learn about how data packets run through the internet. If you are having issues getting to a certain website, the first step would be to PING to see if the website is actually reachable . It will tell you if it is reachable or not. If it is not reachable, you can then try traceroute to see where the breakdown may be. It was interesting in my test cases above that the time (in MS) was extremely longer to get to the . jp site than the more local Google site and the disparity got longer as the number of hops increased. It was also interesting to me that of the four or five traceroutes I tried to international sites, the only one that I could get any data to or from was the tokyodisneyresorts.jp. I also tried a number of sites in Australia and Canada and was not able to get to them. The network connection in this hotel I am at this week is not the ...