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How do I do a traceroute?

April 26, 2017traceroute

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How do I do a traceroute?

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How to do a traceroute (in windows): Start -> run -> cmd tracert domain.com (substitute out domain.com for your domain) if you get ‘domain not found’ (or something similar), you have dns problems Else it should print out a route between 9 and 30 hops long. To copy and paste this: (right click) on the title bar -> edit -> select all & (right click) on the title bar -> edit -> copy You can now paste the output in to notepad / anything text editor you want. How to do a traceroute (linux): Open a shell / terminal traceroute domain.com (substitute out domain.com for your domain.) If you get ‘domain not found’ (or something similar) you have dns issues. Else it should pring out a route between 9 and 30 hops long. To cut & paste just drag over the window with your mouse / click drag / let go / paste in to your favorite text editor How to do a (good) traceroute (linux): Open a shell / terminal: mtr domain.com Let it run for maybe 2 minutes.