Traceroute
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traceroute/tracert measures how long it takes to make every connection between your request, and the target domain.
Usage
Run, and wait a couple of minutes for the command to finish.
traceroute example.com # unix
tracert example.com # win
Output Format
| Output Format | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hop # | RTT 1 | RTT 2 | RTT 3 | address |
| 10 | 81ms | 74ms | 74ms | 888.888.88.88 |
Traceroute measures the time it takes to send 3x packets between each hop towards your destination.
- The 3x RTT values are the Round-Trip-Time it takes for each test packet to get sent to that hop
- A * in an RTT column indicates packet-loss
Normal Behaviour
- Apparently, within a continent, you can expect each hop to take less than 150ms.
- Between ottawa/toronto digitalocean, I'm getting 10 hops each about 18-25ms.
