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Domain Name: USU.EDU
Registrant:
Utah State University
4410 Old Main Hill
Abuse Contact: abuse at usu.edu
Logan, UT 84322-4410
USA
Administrative Contact:
Information Technology
USU Information Technology
8010 Old Main Hill
Abuse Contact: abuse at usu.edu
Logan, UT 84322-8010
USA
+1.4357971804
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Technical Contact:
Information Technology
USU Information Technology
8010 Old Main Hill
Abuse Contact: abuse at usu.edu
Logan, UT 84322-8010
USA
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tech.contact@usu.edu
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Domain record activated: 03-Jun-1988
Domain record last updated: 03-Jun-2024
Domain expires: 31-Jul-2027
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Domain Name: USU.EDU
Registrant:
Utah State University
4410 Old Main Hill
Abuse Contact: abuse at usu.edu
Logan, UT 84322-4410
USA
Administrative Contact:
Information Technology
USU Information Technology
8010 Old Main Hill
Abuse Contact: abuse at usu.edu
Logan, UT 84322-8010
USA
+1.4357971804
admin.contact@usu.edu
Technical Contact:
Information Technology
USU Information Technology
8010 Old Main Hill
Abuse Contact: abuse at usu.edu
Logan, UT 84322-8010
USA
+1.4357971804
tech.contact@usu.edu
Name Servers:
ROOT3.USU.EDU
ROOT2.USU.EDU
ROOT1.USU.EDU
Domain record activated: 03-Jun-1988
Domain record last updated: 03-Jun-2024
Domain expires: 31-Jul-2027
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Ping is a computer network administration software utility used to test the reachability of a host on an Internet Protocol (IP) network. It measures the round-trip time for messages sent from the originating host to a destination computer that are echoed back to the source.
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Traceroute is a computer network diagnostic tool for displaying the route (path) and measuring transit delays of packets across an Internet Protocol (IP) network. The history of the route is recorded as the round-trip times of the packets received from each successive host (remote node) in the route (path); the sum of the mean times in each hop is a measure of the total time spent to establish the connection. Traceroute proceeds unless all (three) sent packets are lost more than twice, then the connection is lost and the route cannot be evaluated.