Final answer:
The question pertains to conducting Traceroute tests at different times and calculating the average and standard deviation of round-trip delays. Traceroute tracks the pathway of a packet across an IP network. The standard deviation calculation would involve finding the mean of the delays, subtracting it from each delay, squaring the results, and then taking the square root of that mean squared deviation.
Step-by-step explanation:
The question involves conducting a Traceroute test at three different times of the day and then calculating the average and standard deviation of the round-trip delays at these hours. Traceroute is a network diagnostic tool used to track the pathway taken by a packet across an IP network. To complete this task, one would need to perform the Traceroute at the specified times and record the round-trip times of each hop. After collecting the data, the mean round-trip delay can be found by totaling the recorded times and dividing by the number of hops. The standard deviation can then be calculated to portray the variability or dispersion of the round-trip delays from the average.
To calculate the standard deviation, the following steps are involved:
- Find the mean (average) of the round-trip delays.
- Subtract the mean from each delay to find the deviation of each.
- Square each deviation.
- Find the mean of the squared deviations.
- Take the square root of the mean squared deviation to get the standard deviation.
These calculations would typically be done using statistical analysis software or a calculator capable of statistical functions. Note that it is not feasible to attach screenshots or perform the actual Traceroute test as part of this explanation.