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#360: Traceroute explained // Featuring Elon Musk // Demo with Windows, Linux, macOS

David Bombal

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Does Elon Musk actually understand how the Internet works? Can he explain traceroute and tracert properly? Well... let's see... I'll demonstrate how multiple operating systems: Windows 11, MacOS, Linux use traceroute. There are differences including the fact that Windows uses ICMP, but macOS and Linux use UDP and ICMP. Full Elon Musk Interview: https://youtu.be/jvGnw1sHh9M // MENU // 0:00 ▶️ Introduction 0:08 ▶️ Elon Musk Babylon Bee interview video 1:11 ▶️ How trace route works 1:40 ▶️ What is ping? 1:48 ▶️ Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) 2:32 ▶️ How trace route (tracert) works on Windows 3:50 ▶️ What is a router? 4:10 ▶️ Wireshark packet captures 5:21 ▶️ Time To Live (TTL) 10:18 ▶️ Domain lookup using Whois 10:55 ▶️ Time To Live (TTL) (cont'd) 12:10 ▶️ Trace route phone application 13:43 ▶️ Submarine cable map 15:22 ▶️ Traceroute on MacOS 18:34 ▶️ UDP explanation 19:56 ▶️ Traceroute on Linux 21:42 ▶️ Conclusion // iPhone App I used // Name: Network Analyzer Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/network... // SOCIAL // Discord: https://discord.com/invite/usKSyzb Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/davidbombal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidbombal LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidbombal Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/davidbombal.co TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@davidbombal YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/davidbombal // MY STUFF // Monitor: https://amzn.to/3yyF74Y More stuff: https://www.amazon.com/shop/davidbombal // SPONSORS // Interested in sponsoring my videos? Reach out to my team here: [email protected] elon musk elonmusk babylon bee babylonbee elon musk interview internet star link traceroute tracert trace route internet

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#360: Traceroute explained // Featuring Elon Musk // Demo with Windows, Linux, macOS

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