Using the “ping” command sends information packets through the network to a specific internet protocol address requesting a response back. The ping command can be used as a troubleshooting tool because if there’s an issue with the internet or with the website/IP address being pinged then that’ll let you know where to start troubleshooting. If you receive a response back, then that tells you that the internet is operating as it should and that you are able to reach out to the opposite destination. When you ping an IP address/website and its successful then a report will generate, showing the number of packets sent, received, and/or lost. If the ping is unable to reach the destination after a certain amount of time, then the ping will timeout.
A traceroute will list out the routers that the packets have taken to reach the destination. A traceroute will trace up to 30 hops per request. If the traceroute cannot make to the destination, then the traceroute will show exactly where the packets got held up at. Of the three websites that I performed traceroutes on (google.com, yahoo.co.jp, bland.is) the one the in Japan had the most hops (22), while google.com had the least number of hops (12). However, the website in Iceland (bland.is) had 15 hops, the traceroute was completed with zero timeouts.
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