Perform a Traceroute between source and destination on the same continent (to the west coast) at two different hours of the day. (Total 100 points)

a. List the (1) source (your) IP address and destinations URL or IP address, the (2) type and geolocation (e.g. company, university, etc. in LA) of the destination, the (2) date/time the traceroute was conducted, and (3) screenshot the traceroute results. (10 points)

b. Find the average of the round-trip delays at each of the two different hours. Was there a significant difference of the delays at the two different hours? (10 points)

c. Find the total number of routers in the path at each of the three hours. Did the paths change during any of the hours? (10 points)

d. Try to identify the number of ISP networks and/or the cities that the Traceroute packets pass through from source to destination. Routers with similar names and/or similar IP addresses should be considered as part of the same ISP. In your experiments, where do the largest delays occur (start at) and what would be the reason? (Use http://www.monitis.com/traceroute/# to help you try to identify the number of ISP networks and/or the cities. Note the traces can be different from monitis and your traceroute command. Use monitis as a reference) (20 points)

e. Repeat the above for a source and destination on a different continent. (50 points a,b,c,d)

A list of traceroutes sites FROM countries http://www.traceroute.org/ (Note: many of the links may not work. You can use this list to record the URL or IP address to traceroute TO the corresponding country. You may also use the list for a destination as shown below. A list of some destinations in the same continent that reside in the west coast. www.sdsc.edu (San Diego Supercomputer Center) berkeley.edu A list of some destinations in a different continent. noc.thunderworx.net (Cyprus) www.telstra.net (Australia)