Ping and Traceroute activity

 Ping and Traceroute Commands:

  In this assignment I chose to Ping and Traceroute Google, Facebook and UAGC. I did like that the commands are similar too in doing, which  makes the assignment easier. Using Ping sends packets of information out requesting a response back in return from the recipient. And Traceroute sends their packets of information out tracking and documenting the path it took to get there. These two commands work differently in helping solve computer troubles and diagnosing routing problems as well. Both are needed for troubleshooting and helps to figure out where the problem lies.  The information being shown for Ping are statistics for packets sent as well as lost and received. It also calculates approximate roundtrip times in milliseconds. And information in Traceroute is also echoed for a reply back, and is documenting the route used to pinpoint the location the trouble is at. 

  When I Pinged Facebook I noticed that it had zero lost, four sent, four received and that the estimated roundtrip was 41 ms and 32 bytes of data. Also the other two I compared it with have the same 32 bytes of data with four sent, four received and zero lost. So it appears that the location does not differ in that part. When I used Traceroute it shows me a maximum of over 30 hops. The other information changes vastly so location does alter this one and its information being given since it is working towards pinpointing the location of the problem. The roundtrip time per hop is shown on the right side in the first few sections and followed by their locations as well. 

  Ping provides the numbers to show the reliability and its speed as well. When reading it search for high numbers or an abundance in variations or numbers. This will be an indication that the computer is struggling and need to check it. In using Traceroute it documents the path so that if the problem is not within the sender or recipient then it will show where the pinpointed issue lies on the way. Helping us provide better help more accurately.