Sunday 12 February 2012

Steps to obtain Trace route result

The steps for obtaining 'traceroute' is given below.
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*Windows: Click Start, Run, type 'cmd' and press enter.
Type 'tracert domain.com' and press enter.
Right click in the prompt, click Mark, highlight the entire output of the trace route and press enter.

*Linux: Open a shell prompt.
Type 'traceroute domain.com' and press enter.

*Mac OS: Double click the hard drive icon.
From your hard drive, open the Applications folder.
Open the Utilities folder.
Double-click 'Terminal'.
Type the command" traceroute 'domain.com'.
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***(Note: replace 'domain.com' with the actual domain name to which you want to trace).

You can find the traceroute results from thirdparty sites like the following:

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 http://tools.pingdom.com/ping/
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You can make use of this option in cases where your public IP address is being blocked by the server firewall and as a result you will not be able to obtain the traceroute results from your local machine.

Have a Nice Day :)


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