USING TRACERT ON MICROSOFT WINDOWS
On Windows-based systems, use the tracert program to test the path to a server. To do this, follow these steps:
- Open a DOS command window. To do this, click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then press Enter.
- At the command prompt, type the following command. Replace comwith the domain that you want to test:
tracert example.com
- Interpret the output from tracert:
- Tracert displays each hop, indicated by a number in the left column. It also displays the domain and IP address at each hop, as well as the time spent. For example, the following output shows the path to an obhost server:
You can examine the times between each hop to look for places where the connection “hangs”. In some cases, tracert may also time out, which is indicated by an asterisk (*).
