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If you are like me, you may be looking at the title of this post and asking yourself, “What are ping and traceroute?” Ping and traceroute are two terms that I had not heard of before my recent experience using them for a recent class assignment. Since that was the first time I had even heard of ping and traceroute, let alone used them, I closely followed the instructions provided to ensure the steps were executed properly. In reviewing the steps, I learned that ping and traceroute were two commands that had to be inputted into a command line interpreter. As my computer uses Windows software, I had to use the application Command Prompt.