Just-traceroute.com uses a linux command on their servers but for platform neutrality sake I also include the help page of the Windows variant here, which is called ‘Tracert’.
Microsoft DOS tracert command
About tracert
The tracert command is used to visually see a network packet being sent and received and the amount of hops required for that packet to get to its destination. Users with Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP who need additional information network latency and network loss should also consider using the pathping command.
Availability
The tracert.exe command is an external command that is available in the below Microsoft operating systems.
- MS-DOS 6.2
- Windows 95
- Windows 98
- Windows ME
- Windows NT
- Windows 2000
- Windows XP
Syntax
tracert [-d] [-h maximum_hops] [-j host-list] [-w timeout] target_name
Options:
-d Do not resolve addresses to hostnames.
-h maximum_hops Maximum number of hops to search for target.
-j host-list Loose source route along host-list.
-w timeout Wait timeout milliseconds for each reply.
Examples
Below is an example when we used tracert on www.computerhope.com. As you can see in the below example, we had a very short list and time to get to its destination because of the location we are.
tracert computerhope.com 1 169 ms 190 ms 160 ms slc1-tc.xmission.com [166.70.1.20] 2 159 ms 160 ms 190 ms cisco0-tc.xmission.com [166.70.1.1] 3 165 ms 189 ms 159 ms www.computerhope.com [166.70.10.23]