{"id":3680,"date":"2021-07-04T18:12:31","date_gmt":"2021-07-04T18:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/?post_type=encyclopedia&#038;p=3680"},"modified":"2021-07-04T18:12:31","modified_gmt":"2021-07-04T18:12:31","slug":"traceroute","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/encyclopedia\/traceroute\/","title":{"rendered":"Traceroute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3451 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/answer1200-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/answer1200-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/answer1200-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/answer1200-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/answer1200-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/answer1200-500x500.png 500w, https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/answer1200.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\">Traceroute is a networking term that is used to describe the route that data takes when traveling between network points. In addition to displaying the name of each data \u201chop\u201d, a traceroute will also list the <a href=\"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/encyclopedia\/ip-address\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"The term IP address refers to Internet Protocol address.\u00a0 It is a numerical address that is assigned to any device connected to the internet.\" class=\"encyclopedia\">IP address<\/a> and amount of time to travel between each network location. Traceroute can be a very useful tool when you notice a website loading slowly (for example), as it will point out which hop has high latency.<\/p>\n<p>When you are administering a dedicated server and\/or <a href=\"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/encyclopedia\/vps\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"VPS is a web hosting related term that refers to a Virtual Private Server. A virtual private server is a unique partitioning of resources of a dedicated server for each user. \u00a0 VPS can be given root access, as each VPS hosted on a single dedicated server will be running a unique copy of an\u2026\" class=\"encyclopedia\">VPS<\/a>, the results of bi-directional traceroutes can show even more information.<\/p>\n<p>To do a bi-directional traceroute you would first do a traceroute FROM your computer workstation TO your dedicated server\/<a href=\"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/encyclopedia\/vps\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"VPS is a web hosting related term that refers to a Virtual Private Server. A virtual private server is a unique partitioning of resources of a dedicated server for each user. \u00a0 VPS can be given root access, as each VPS hosted on a single dedicated server will be running a unique copy of an\u2026\" class=\"encyclopedia\">VPS<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>From the c:\/ prompt [command prompt] type \u201ctracert\u201d [without the quotes] and then press &lt;ENTER&gt; on your keyboard.<\/p>\n<p>Copy and save these results, and then log into your dedicated server\/<a href=\"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/encyclopedia\/vps\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"VPS is a web hosting related term that refers to a Virtual Private Server. A virtual private server is a unique partitioning of resources of a dedicated server for each user. \u00a0 VPS can be given root access, as each VPS hosted on a single dedicated server will be running a unique copy of an\u2026\" class=\"encyclopedia\">VPS<\/a> and do a traceroute FROM there TO your computer workstation.<\/p>\n<p>Data can sometimes take different paths between the same two points over the internet when sending and receiving at different locations (or at different times of the day), depending on how your ISP and carrier networks have configured their routing tables. Doing a bi-directional traceroute will allow you to compare the route data takes when traveling between the two points, this will further assist you in providing additional information while accessing network latency.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pingpipe.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/logo-inverse.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"39\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Traceroute is a networking term that is used to describe the route that data takes when traveling between network points. 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