Microsoft DOS tracert command

About

The tracert command is used to visually see a network packet being sent and received and the amount of hops required for that packet to get to its destination.

Availability

MS-DOS 6.2
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows ME
Windows NT
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 7

Sysntex

tracert    [-d] [-h maximum_hops] [-j host-list] [-w timeout] target_name

Options

-d  : Do not resolve addresses to hostnames.
-h  : maximum_hops    Maximum number of hops to search for target.
-j  : host-list    Loose source route along host-list.
-w  : timeout    Wait timeout milliseconds for each reply.

Example

C:\>tracert viralsarvaiya.wordpress.com

Tracing route to lb.wordpress.com [76.74.254.120]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1     1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  192.168.2.1
2     4 ms     1 ms     1 ms  120.72.89.81
3     3 ms     2 ms     1 ms  59.145.238.93
4    10 ms    10 ms    10 ms  61.95.151.170
5    12 ms    11 ms    15 ms  61.95.151.170
6   255 ms   255 ms   255 ms  aes-static-122.36.144.59.airtel.in [59.144.36.122]
7   289 ms   255 ms   255 ms  xe-9-1-0.edge1.losangeles6.level3.net [4.26.0.61]
8   267 ms   263 ms   271 ms  ae-82-80.ebr2.losangeles1.level3.net [4.69.144.179]
9   288 ms   289 ms   287 ms  ae-3-3.ebr3.dallas1.level3.net [4.69.132.78]
10   292 ms   293 ms   291 ms  ae-1-60.edge9.dallas1.level3.net [4.69.145.16]
11   299 ms   298 ms   297 ms  peer-1-netw.edge9.dallas1.level3.net [4.59.118.6]
12   300 ms   299 ms   299 ms  10ge-ten1-3.sat-8500v-cor-2.peer1.net [216.187.124.178]
13   299 ms   300 ms   297 ms  216.187.124.110
14   296 ms   312 ms   300 ms  wordpress.com [76.74.254.120]

Trace complete.

Thanks You.