Using your textbook and online resources, research the ping command. Describe what ping does, the purpose of ping, and how ping works. Please note that there are different implementations of ping depending on if you are using a Windows or a Linux OS. Either is acceptable for this question. (15 pts)

Using your textbook and online sources, research the traceroute command. Describe what traceroute does, the purpose of traceroute, and how tracerouteworks. (15 pts)

Launch either Command Prompt (Windows) or Terminal (macOS), and find your machines local IP address as well as the gateway. Attempt to ping both your local machines IP as well as your gateway and provide screenshots. Then, attempt to perform a traceroute of your gateway and provide screenshots. Based on the traceroute results of your gateway, what are you able to conclude? (Think about the number of hops) (20 pts)

Perform a traceroute against 8.8.8.8, Googles Free DNS service. First, include a screenshot. Then, analyze the results see if you can identify the different route hops along the way. You may see some hops have request timed out. Using your research from questions 1 and 2, why do you think that may be the case? (25 pts)

Based on your research, how do you think ping and traceroute is useful from a network troubleshooting perspective? At the same time, how do you think the results can be deceiving?