Appendix A Network Troubleshooting
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tracert
The tracert command line utility allows you to determine the network path
between your computer and a host you specify. When you communicate with
other devices on a network, the data is not often sent directly from point A to
point B; rather, it moves through a series of intermediate servers, passed along
until eventually the server closest to point B hands it off directly. This command
can be useful for helping determine whether your connection issues are happening
locally, somewhere in transit, or at the destination end.
• Each step in the chain of connections is called a ‘hop’.
• The time it takes for a server at any given hop to pass the data packet is called
‘latency’ and is measured in milliseconds.
When a tracert command is run, it sends out a burst of three data packets per
hop. The results table, therefore, always displays three values for latency in
addition to the IP address and domain name (where available) of the server on
that leg of the journey.
Syntax: tracert target
The target can be an IP address or a host name.
Parameters: tracert [-d] [-h maximumhops ] target
There are other parameters but these are the only ones you need to use for now.
