ICMP, Ping, and Traceroute – What I wish I was taught (2020)
Tip for tracerouters ... use mtr instead<p>brew install mtr<p>Try tapping 'd' twice to enable a stripchart<p>? for help<p><pre><code>                             My traceroute  [v0.95]
  xxxxxxxx.local (172.16.0.2) -> news.ycombinator.com (50.1122022-07-27T23:37
  Keys:  Help   Display mode   Restart statistics   Order of fields   quit
                                     Packets               Pings
   Host                            Loss%   Snt   Last   Avg  Best  Wrst StDev
   1. 172.16.0.1                    0.0%    14   15.4  17.6  14.1  20.5   2.2
   2. (waiting for reply)
   3. 162.158.164.5                14.3%    14   34.4  71.1  16.5 145.4  47.3
   4. 198.41.160.6                  0.0%    14   32.9  36.0  30.2  43.9   3.4
   5. 198.41.140.95                 0.0%    14   61.9  45.0  35.3  64.7   9.8
   6. 99.83.70.192                  0.0%    14   40.7  36.7  33.1  49.6   4.4
   7. 150.222.214.101               0.0%    14   36.6  41.3  34.7  58.1   6.2
   8. 52.95.52.29                   0.0%    14   41.6  40.0  35.1  51.1   4.2
   9. (waiting for reply)</code></pre>