Is a Website Down or Is It You? Here’s How to Find Out
Earlier this week a reader emailed me looking for a video that I made a couple of years ago. The video she was looking for was this video that shows two ways to check if a website is down of if it’s just you. The first method demonstrated in the video uses a website called Down […]
What You Should Know About Pings and Traceroutes
As I wrote in my recent weekly newsletter, using the ping command on your computer is an easy way to check if a website is down or if the problem is with your computer. Using the ping command in the command prompt window on your computer might seem like something only computer science teachers and […]
A Reason to Have Students Conduct Traceroutes Even if You’re Not a Computer Science Teacher
Back in November I published a video about using the ping command on a Windows computer. The reason for that was to show an easy method to check if a website is down or if there is a problem on your end. Using the ping command in the command prompt window on your computer might […]
Two Quick Ways to Check if a Website is Down or If It’s Just You
My sophomore students have just started learning how to use the ping command to analyze various aspects of network connectivity. Reviewing that lesson with one of my students last week gave me the idea to create a short video that demonstrates using a ping command. But then I thought that if I titled it that […]