TLEN5370 - Homework 5
Homework 5
Instructions: Do each question in order and be prepared to discuss in class. Groups of two or fewer are okay but everyone must turn in an individual assignment (even if they all look the same.)
1) Using publically accessible traceroute servers please speculate on how the following networks are connected to the internet. Create a quick sketch of each.
a) 64.4.21.91
b) 64.233.167.147
c) 128.138.238.18
d) 216.17.128.2
Hints:
- This is an open ended question...understand what you are looking at...but don't spent more than 10 minutes on each of the parts above.
- Traceroute to each address from several different traceroute servers...taking note of the networks your trace passes through based on DNS names.
- Your traceroutes may not reach the IP I have given you above. Thats okay...use as far you do get.
- Your mileage on the traceroute servers may vary...you will have to experiment with different servers.
2) Do you see any problems with trying to map how a network is connected to the internet with traceroute servers? Elaborate.
3) What might be a better way to understand how a network is connected to the internet?