Question

The Technology Librarian asks you to find out how many hops it takes to get to the first Wi-Fi kiosk. What Windows command can you use to find this information? What hardware device does each hop represent?

Answer 1

Answer:

The number of routers arrived in the path of a packet from sender to receiver are called hops. It is term used usually in computer networking.

Command Used to find Hops

In windows command prompt is used to find the number of hops.

1. In Command Prompt type "tracert" after host name and IP address of destination.

Hardware devices Represented by Hop

The main devices that is counted as hop in networking is Router. Nut Sometimes many devices such as switches, repeaters and access points are also count as hops. It depends on the configuration and role of the devices.