Mission 17 of 20Space Relay
Routing Paths: Tracking Packet Trajectories
Packets hop from relay to relay like a chain of signals
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+15 XP per step · +75 XP for completing the quest
A transmission does not teleport to its destination. It travels hop by hop through relay stations — routers — just like passing a coded signal across a chain of communication posts. Each relay reads the destination address and forwards the packet to the next one. Follow the route.
Primary Objective
Understand how packets travel hop by hop through routers.
> COCKPIT TERMINAL
pilot@linux4kids:~
Welcome to the Linux4Kids Terminal!
Type 'help' for a list of commands.
pilot@~ $
> FIELD MANUAL
ping 192.168.1.1Probe the first relay station (home router)ping 8.8.8.8Probe across many relay hops to the global gridnetstatView connections routed through relay stations