From a technical perspective, the Internet works because packets of information travel from one device to another using the communication called Internet Protocol, or IP for short (Vahid, F., & Lysecky, S. (2019)). So, each time a user is accessing a website, a call is made from the user’s device to the website destination, and packets of information are being sent back and forth. By using computer commands, you get to see firsthand the way the information you're accessing is traveling all around the world.
I chose three website domains to search both the ping and traceroutes against to research. The first website was google.com. Google is probably one of the most popular, if not the top, websites in the world, and it is based in the United States. The ping and traceroute results I found against Google were the fastest results. This would make sense since geographically, this location is closest to me (I’m in the Sacramento, California region).
To compare results, the second site I tested was amazon.co.jp, Amazon’s Japan based site. Amazon is also a highly popular worldwide website, so I was curious to see what results I would see for their Japan site. The average response time for the ping results against amazon.co.jp was double that of Google, and with this site, I saw the most traceroute timeouts. Lastly, the third site I tested was abc.net.au, the website for Australian Broadcasting Communications (ABC), the national broadcaster for Australia (Wikipedia Contributors, 2024). Accessing the Australian-based site proved to be the most problematic for me, and I actually had to attempt the commands several times before successfully completing them. The average ping result time was the longest of the three sites searched.
One thing I observed, was how many timeouts or failures happened during my first attempt to connect to a non-USA-based site. I believe these errors were due to two reasons: 1) my network connectivity and 2) the geographic location of the website I was attempting to connect to. Initially, while working on this assignment, I was sitting in a location with a moderate to weak Wi-Fi connection to my home network. This caused many issues with my testing, so I decided to move physically closer to my router before I continued. Once I did, the connectivity issues with this test significantly decreased. After completing the ping and traceroute tests, I observed the difference in the results and concluded that based on physical location to me, furthest way would take the longest a post the most issues.
References
Vahid, F., & Lysecky, S. (2019). Computing technology for all. zyBooks.
Wikipedia contributors. (2024, January 9). Australian Broadcasting Corporation. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved January 12, 2024, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation&oldid=1194609580
I chose three website domains to search both the ping and traceroutes against to research. The first website was google.com. Google is probably one of the most popular, if not the top, websites in the world, and it is based in the United States. The ping and traceroute results I found against Google were the fastest results. This would make sense since geographically, this location is closest to me (I’m in the Sacramento, California region).
To compare results, the second site I tested was amazon.co.jp, Amazon’s Japan based site. Amazon is also a highly popular worldwide website, so I was curious to see what results I would see for their Japan site. The average response time for the ping results against amazon.co.jp was double that of Google, and with this site, I saw the most traceroute timeouts. Lastly, the third site I tested was abc.net.au, the website for Australian Broadcasting Communications (ABC), the national broadcaster for Australia (Wikipedia Contributors, 2024). Accessing the Australian-based site proved to be the most problematic for me, and I actually had to attempt the commands several times before successfully completing them. The average ping result time was the longest of the three sites searched.
One thing I observed, was how many timeouts or failures happened during my first attempt to connect to a non-USA-based site. I believe these errors were due to two reasons: 1) my network connectivity and 2) the geographic location of the website I was attempting to connect to. Initially, while working on this assignment, I was sitting in a location with a moderate to weak Wi-Fi connection to my home network. This caused many issues with my testing, so I decided to move physically closer to my router before I continued. Once I did, the connectivity issues with this test significantly decreased. After completing the ping and traceroute tests, I observed the difference in the results and concluded that based on physical location to me, furthest way would take the longest a post the most issues.
References
Vahid, F., & Lysecky, S. (2019). Computing technology for all. zyBooks.
Wikipedia contributors. (2024, January 9). Australian Broadcasting Corporation. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved January 12, 2024, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation&oldid=1194609580
Appendix
- Ping results from google.com:
- Response speed range: 15ms – 90ms
- Total Packets Sent: 4
- Total Packets: Received: 4
- Total Packets Lost: 0
- Ping results from amazon.co.jp:
- Response speed range: 37ms – 77ms
- Total Packets Sent: 4
- Total Packets: Received: 4
- Total Packets Lost: 0
- Ping results from abc.net.au:
- Response speed range: 21ms – 80ms
- Total Packets Sent: 4
- Total Packets: Received: 4
- Total Packets Lost: 0
- Trace results from google.com:
- Total # of routers: 16
- Minimum Hop Time: 3 ms
- Maximum Hop Time: 162 ms
- # of time outs: 5
- Trace results from amazon.co.jp:
- Total # of routers: 13
- Minimum Hop Time: 1 ms
- Maximum Hop Time: 780 ms
- # of time outs: 14
- Trace results from abc.net.au:
- Total # of routers: 12
- Minimum Hop Time: 2 ms
- Maximum Hop Time: 116 ms
- # of time outs: 6
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