Data Communication Networks
Assignment #6

Follow all the guidelines for homework submissions given previously.

Goal of Assignment #6: To familiarize the student with ICMP by using ping and traceback.
Due Date: March 31, 2003, Monday.
Submit:

  1. A hard copy of results.
  2. An explanation of each of the terms in the output, i.e., (Name of System, RTT, etc.)
  3. A description of ping - what does it do?
  4. A description of traceroute - what does it do?

For Assignment #6, use ping with five IP addresses and traceback with five IP addresses.
(There doesn't have to be ten addresses total - the sets for the ping and traceback can be the same.)
Remember to terminate ping if it keeps running by a control C; do not terminate traceback - it will terminate after 30 hops.
If you are using scs.howard.edu use:

If using a different system and don't know where ping or traceback is, use: to find the correct directories.
This assignment is due Monday March 31, 2003.
To: Dr. Kaplan's web-site.
To: Howard University web-site.
To: College of Engineering, Architecture, and Computer Sciences web-site.
To: Department of Systems and Computer Science web-site.

© Kathleen M. Kaplan 2003
Dr. Kathleen Kaplan, Howard University
Email: [email protected]