Explain How Tracert Uses an ICMP Packet and the TTL

question 33

Essay

Explain how Tracert uses an ICMP packet and the TTL value to map the path to an IP address.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

An indicator that calculates the degree to which data points vary or are spread out in a dataset.

IQR

The interquartile range, a measure of variability, expressed as the difference between the 25th and 75th percentiles of the data.

Median

The middle value in a data set, which divides the data into two halves when arranged in order.

Mean

The arithmetic average of a set of numbers, calculated by dividing the sum of all the values by the count of numbers.