Internet Tools

I have often wondered how information is able to

reach from one computer to another on the Internet. Reading "How Routers Work" and understanding how to trace a message has given me a better insight into how much internet traffic exists, the process involved in moving from one router to the next and the speed with which the information can be received.

I used the site http://centralops.net/co/ to do a traceroute to the site curtin.edu.au using the IP address 134.7.32.100. There were 21 hops and the average time took 253 milliseconds from the centralops site to the curtin server.

I enjoyed understanding how traceroute worked and being able to work out the answers!