Ping 2

I'm attempting to use the A-Toolbar to ping curtin.edu.au it is only a speculation but I think that as I am doing the ping from a home based computer from the same country and not through a web site, I can ping directly to the curtin address. As you can see the difference is enormous between this and my trace attempt below.



The question arises for me what is the difference between a Trace and a Ping? this is something i must really look into. As i understand it a Ping is measuring the time it takes a package to be sent, and a Trace is following the route a package takes but ultimately both provide seemingly very similar information.