traceroute is a computer network diagnostic tool for displaying the route (path) of the packets across an Internet Protocol(IP) network to reach it;s destination address.It shows
you the route over the network between two systems, listing all the
intermediate routers a connection must pass through to get to its destination.
The traceroute program is available on most computers which support networking, including most Unix systems, Mac OS X, and Windows 95 and later.
On a Unix system, including Mac OS X, run a traceroute at the command line like this:
traceroute server.name
If the traceroute command is not found, it may be present but not in your shell's search path. On some systems, traceroute can be found in /usr/sbin, which is often not in the default user path. In this case, run it with the full path:
/usr/sbin/traceroute server.name
On Mac OS X, if you would rather not open a terminal and use the command line, a GUI front-end for traceroute (and several other utilities) called Network Utility can be found in the Utilities folder within the Applications folder. Run it, click the “Traceroute” tab, and enter an address to run a trace to.
MTR is an alternate implementation of traceroute for Unix. It combines a trace with continuing pings of each hop to provide a more complete report all at once. It is available here.
If you're stuck with Windows, the command is called tracert. Open a DOS window and enter the command:
tracert server.name
You can also download VisualRoute, a graphical traceroute program available for Windows, Sparc Solaris, and Linux. VisualRoute helps you analyze the traceroute, and provides a nifty world map showing you where your packets are going (it's not always geographically accurate). View a screenshot
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The traceroute program is available on most computers which support networking, including most Unix systems, Mac OS X, and Windows 95 and later.
On a Unix system, including Mac OS X, run a traceroute at the command line like this:
traceroute server.name
If the traceroute command is not found, it may be present but not in your shell's search path. On some systems, traceroute can be found in /usr/sbin, which is often not in the default user path. In this case, run it with the full path:
/usr/sbin/traceroute server.name
On Mac OS X, if you would rather not open a terminal and use the command line, a GUI front-end for traceroute (and several other utilities) called Network Utility can be found in the Utilities folder within the Applications folder. Run it, click the “Traceroute” tab, and enter an address to run a trace to.
MTR is an alternate implementation of traceroute for Unix. It combines a trace with continuing pings of each hop to provide a more complete report all at once. It is available here.
If you're stuck with Windows, the command is called tracert. Open a DOS window and enter the command:
tracert server.name
You can also download VisualRoute, a graphical traceroute program available for Windows, Sparc Solaris, and Linux. VisualRoute helps you analyze the traceroute, and provides a nifty world map showing you where your packets are going (it's not always geographically accurate). View a screenshot
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