Module 1 - Internet Tools (cont)

Using the traceroute tool, answer the following questions:
Traceroute from the chosen site to curtin.edu.au

How many ‘hops’ are there? my answer = 17 hops
what is the average time in milliseconds from the tools site to the curtin server?
my answer = 249ms
134.7.179.10 [curtin.edu.au]

Below is a screenshot of my results.

I'm unsure what i am doing wrong, i got it working ok but my results were different from the self test results but on exploration in the webct discussion forum i see alot of others got the same results also.

------------ Further Exploration------------

ping test results

Well first up i decided to ping from http://network-tools.com/
The results from this was :

Ping 134.7.179.10
[curtin.edu.au]
Round trip time to 134.7.179.10: 249 ms
Average time over 10 pings: 249 ms

Screenshot Below

Now, heres my ping test results from A-ToolBar
number of pings = 5
ip address = 134.7.34.197
host name = 134.7.34.197

Screenshot Below

I also upon looking around the internet and realized that i could ping from my Command Prompt box.

Screenshot of results below

Now if i understand it correctly it took less hops because the A-ToolBar program is on my computer so it took less time to ping then it does from a website, i wasnt sure what to expect & am still far from confident on my thoughts with it but i found it very interesting & i wasnt sure my results would actually be ie: faster or shorter.