Tracert

Tracert

\ windows \system32\tracert.exe

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This tool is used to trace the route of communcation across the Internet to another computer, reporting the name of each intermediate machine it encounters along the way. For example, type tracert microsoft.com to show how your signal hops from computer to computer in its jorney to Microsoft's web site. Tracert accepts the following options:

 tracert [-d] [-h   max_hops   ] [-j   list   ] [-w   timeout   ] target 

Option	Description
target	The name or IP address of the computer to contact.
-d	If you specify an IP address, Tracert will attempt to resolve the host name (using NSLookup). Include the -d option to skip this step.
-h   max_hops	Specifies the maximum number of "hops" (servers along the route) to display before giving up; the default is 30 hops.
-j list	Loosely imposes a route to follow, where list is a list of hosts .
-w timeout	Sets the amount of time to wait (in milliseconds ) for each reply.