What is traceroute and how do I use it in Windows?

Traceroute, like ping, is a network diagnostic tool.

The Internet is made up of thousands of networks, network nodes, and routers through which accesses pass to reach the website we want to visit.

If the ping tool focuses only on the end server (the actual site being accessed), traceroute analyzes the entire path from the computer accessing the site up to the server where it is hosted.

In technical terms, traceroute accesses and requests a response from each router and network node between the computer and the final server.

The traceroute command is executed from the Command Prompt of Windows by accessing the Start menu and typing CMD in the search box.

The result is selected, and in the window that will open, the command is typed: tracert yourdomain.ro (in this example google.ro) after which Enter is pressed.

A report in the following format will be obtained:

This report shows that the route is clear without restrictions up to the destination server.

If there are restrictions on the route, a report will be received in the following format, at the step where access can no longer be achieved:

In this case, depending on the step in which you are restricted, it can be deduced whether it is a cause of the server hosting the respective site, the last access with a timeout must be from the IP of the hosting server or the internet providers, with access being lost on the route before it reaches the destination server.

The maximum number of nodes through which queries can pass is limited to 30.