Appendix A Network Troubleshooting
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
There are other parameters but these are the only ones you need to use for now.
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