Explain how traceroute, ping, and tcpdump work and what
they are used for?

Answer Posted / sachin vaish

traceroute, ping, and tcpdump test the connectivity of the
detination in question by sending icmp packets and checking
the responce(TTL) which is the routers encountered in the
path.They are used to check the connectivity and the
distance to the destination

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