Labs · 3 scenarios

Packet Forwarding

Trace how a device decides where to send a packet next, hop by hop, across a few common setups.

Beginner

Local delivery on one LAN

Two hosts on the same subnet exchange a ping with no router involved.

Beginner

Delivery across a gateway

A host reaches a remote server through its default gateway router.

Intermediate

Missing default gateway

Diagnose why a packet to a remote network never leaves the host.