tracert command is a windows based diagnostic tool that traces the each "hop" or router(s) to a destination along the way that route packets take.
How to use tracert command ?
- Open cmd prompt
- Type the command tracert followed by a destination
- tracert www.google.com
- Press enter
- Review the results
- tracert works for windows. use traceroute for Linux and MacOs.
- Windows utility tracert uses Internet Control Message Packets (ICMP) packets to find the route.
- By default, it will trace up to 30 hops. This can be changed using -h parameter.
- tracert -h 40 www.google.com
- Use -d parameter with tracert utility to speed up the trace, which prevents the command from IP addresses to hostnames.
- Use -w parameter to specify the wait time for a reply in milliseconds.
C:\Users\Dinesh.Dontha>tracert www.google.com
Tracing route to www.google.com [2404:6800:4007:837::2004]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 11 ms 1 ms 1 ms 2401:4900:1c27:f15b:8ea3:99ff:fefc:7fd0
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 5 ms 5 ms 5 ms 2404:a800:3a00:2::209
4 * * * Request timed out.
5 16 ms 15 ms 15 ms 2404:6800:8202:280::1
6 21 ms 16 ms 16 ms 2404:6800:8202:280::1
7 16 ms 16 ms 16 ms 2001:4860:0:1::5658
8 15 ms 15 ms 15 ms 2001:4860:0:1::4878
9 39 ms 16 ms 16 ms 2001:4860:0:1::880d
10 16 ms 16 ms 16 ms 2001:4860:0:1::163f
11 16 ms 15 ms 16 ms lcmaaa-as-in-x04.1e100.net [2404:6800:4007:837::2004]
Trace complete.
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