About the Trace Route tool
Network packets traverse the global Internet by "hopping" from one router to another.
Every router knows where it needs to send a packet next to reach its destination, by using routing tables that are dynamically shared across the Internet.
Examining the hops a packet takes to reach its destination can give an indication of where a fault lies.
Use Cases
Use the Trace Route tool on Solid Tools for Developers to:
- See the path a packet takes from the Solid Tools for Developers server to an IP address
- Find out where a fault may lie in reaching your IP address from an external network
Usage
Enter a hostname, IPv4 or IPv6 address in the "Hostname or IP address" field.
To trace the route to a server if you don't know its IP address, enter its hostname (e.g. www.google.com) and select whether to use an IPv4 or IPv6 connection. If you select IPv6, the hostname must have an IPv6 (AAAA) DNS record.
To trace the route to a server using its IPv4 address, enter the IP address and ensure the IPv4 option is selected.
To trace the route to a server using its IPv6 address, enter the IP address and ensure the IPv6 option is selected.
Results
The raw output from the "traceroute" command will be displayed. The following example shows a traceroute to www.google.com.
Each line represents another "hop" in the packet's journey.
Hop number 1 is the Solid Tools for Developers server's upstream router. The final hop is the last known position of the packet, which will be the final destination if the trace successful reached the target.
The time displayed is a cumulative elapsed time from when the packet was transmitted.
traceroute to www.google.com (172.217.26.164), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets 1 10.128.9.115 (10.128.9.115) 0.182 ms 0.181 ms 0.174 ms 2 fw-d6-x2.memset.net (5.153.250.3) 0.236 ms 0.328 ms 0.330 ms 3 rtr-dun-2.memset.net (37.128.135.131) 0.637 ms 0.750 ms 0.750 ms 4 rtr-lon-1.memset.net (37.128.135.99) 21.991 ms 22.099 ms 22.099 ms 5 v215.core1.lon1.he.net (216.66.85.121) 6.375 ms 6.644 ms 6.874 ms 6 google1.lonap.net (5.57.80.136) 1.863 ms 1.586 ms 1.659 ms 7 108.170.246.176 (108.170.246.176) 1.767 ms 1.625 ms 1.704 ms 8 216.239.58.129 (216.239.58.129) 2.784 ms 2.594 ms 2.558 ms 9 72.14.236.9 (72.14.236.9) 78.272 ms 78.302 ms 78.301 ms 10 209.85.252.38 (209.85.252.38) 92.251 ms 92.380 ms 92.378 ms 11 209.85.241.43 (209.85.241.43) 132.322 ms 132.406 ms 132.407 ms 12 209.85.240.228 (209.85.240.228) 138.401 ms 138.457 ms 137.594 ms 13 209.85.245.110 (209.85.245.110) 222.938 ms 222.850 ms 222.857 ms 14 209.85.246.43 (209.85.246.43) 290.170 ms 284.781 ms 284.804 ms 15 216.239.63.210 (216.239.63.210) 316.145 ms 316.042 ms 316.119 ms 16 108.170.237.61 (108.170.237.61) 319.109 ms 319.091 ms 319.058 ms 17 maa03s22-in-f164.1e100.net (172.217.26.164) 319.763 ms 319.701 ms 319.806 ms