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traceroute is a common networking utility to determine the path a packet takes to a target IP device.

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Traceroute RTTs decrease - how to work out intermediate latencies?

I'm slightly confused here with traceroute. I understand that times listed on row each are the round trip time from the my machine to the target host (traceroute sends 3 separate packets). I'm ...
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Why does traceroute shows multiple paths but mtr does not?

I know networks use multiple paths; they show up in traceroute, but not in mtr. Is mtr somehow sticking to the first path? What is it dong? $ traceroute google.com traceroute to google.com (216.58....
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Huge latency in the middle of a route between India and Europe

I play on an online gaming Minecraft server. The server is hosted in Europe and I live in India so I get miserable latency (250ms). A tracert shows that at the 8th hop (in Mumbai) the latency ...
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Getting "no route to host"in Mac OS X 10.5.8

I have an issue with one of my computer on my network. It is an iMac running OS X 10.5.8. The issue is accessing certain websites. For instance, one of these websites is that the computer is ...
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What causes repeating addresses in Tracert output and really slow internet access

ISP: Comcast Router: Netgear N 600 OS: Windows 10 (2 different machines: HP Zbook G3 and Toshiba Ultrabook) and iPad (old series 3 IOS 9) iPhone 6 (IOS 10) Problem: The Toshiba machine frequently ...
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Cannot access a very specific site from my router

This is a problem for me because this site is important to me. It's MY website. And sadly my email is hosted on my site (which I cant access either) When I try to access my website when connected ...
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tracert fails on last hop for some computers

I have moved a website from another host to my own VPS server. I also moved it from https to regular http. When my client tries to access the website, he gets timed out. From my computer it works ...
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Regarding IP on Packet Tracer

I mistakenly gave the IP while configuring the topology in Packet Tracer. How to remove the IP and give the new one? I gave the IP 192.168.1.100 but I need to change it to 192.168.1.0.
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When on VPN, can't load any sites that belong to Google

I work from home and I VPN into the office. We are a remote team all over the country and we use Google Hangouts to video conference. After I VPN, I then RDP onto my desktop which is a physical ...
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The first node that `tracert` reports is not on my LAN

My laptop is connected directly to the ethernet cable that comes from my ISP, which mandates me to have a static IP on the 10.192.20.1/255.255.252.0 network. When I run tracert, I expect the first ...
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Tracert shows unlisted IP adress. Can't ping or tracert in LAN

So this issue is boggling my mind right now. I have the following setup: device A - my desktop computer, Win 7, wired ethernet connection to router (Fritzbox 7490). device B - my laptop computer, ...
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My computer cannot reach/ping a specific host but another computer can

I have two computers X and Y that are connected to the same LAN. X has Ubuntu, Y has Windows 10. Both computers can reach sites like google, facebook, bing, etc. But there is a certain website, www....
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What does dot and square bracket means in the result of Windows Tracert Command

I ran a Trace Route command in the Command Prompt in Windows 8, the result is C:\Users\O83544>tracert cnproject.sharepoint.cn Tracing route to prodnet3-7ipv4a0001.sharepoint.cn.akadns.net [42.159....
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Unable to traceroute from RSA Authentication Manager to Windows Host Machine

I'm setting up my virtual environment for a virtual machine like this, Problem : Here, I need to test, whether my windows host browser and the RSA AM VM is able to connect or not. Try: For this ...
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Single website inaccessable through broadband / ethernet

I'm having difficulty accessing a single website on either of my two desktop computers, connected to the router using wired ethernet However it will work from my mobile phone connected across wi-fi !!...
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Confusion in IP address configuration! Traceroute/pathping

When I query for my public IP address it obviously shows an IP address from Public cass typically 1.22.112.x. I have a Dlink router which is configured to DHCP and I am guessing my router also gets ...
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tracert - no ICMP replies after second hop

This is a follow up question to my previous one here. I did a trace again but to a different host. Is this trace normal? What I am expecting is I should be getting at least another ICMP reply from ...
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tracert - routing loop?

I was trying to access Paypal dev blog but got a connection timed out error instead. Other sites are working fine. So I did a trace route if I would see something flaky. Indeed something came up.
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Cannot ssh from host to guest os in Virtual Box

I have a windows machine with virtual box installed. I have ubuntu VM within the virtual box. If I setup my vm's network to use NAT, and setup port forwarding to forward from my localhost to the 10.x....
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Ping is (LSSR) not working as it should

when trying to reach google from my PC, here's the trace route: But when trying to use loose source routing ping, it always return "Request timed out." ping -j 130.43.32.33 google.com (returns, ...
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Making Sense of ISP's Network Topology

I recently noticed something odd while performing traceroutes from my home network, and its made me wonder as to the architecture of my ISP's network. My home network uses 192.168.0.0/16 addresses (...
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traceroute showing unfamiliar result in local network

When I use the the tracert command in Windows cmd, for example with google.com, it shows a familiar IP address. But when I use it with the name of a computer on the same network it shows me a long ...
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Can you approximate a server's location?

Me and a colleague are having an argument whether or not the SaaS application we use is hosted in the US or in the EU. The contract says EU. Various traceroutes (example from home below) say US. In ...
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How to block/avoid a particular IP when connecting to websites?

I'm having trouble connecting to a particular website. I can view it through a proxy, but not from home. So I ran a traceroute: Tracing route to fvringette.com [76.74.225.90] over a maximum of 30 ...
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Why/how is WinMTR 30 x faster than tracert / ftrace / wtrace etc?

When I run WinMTR and trace any host, like google.com for example, the built-in windows command tracert (on Win 7) and also third party commands like ftrace take 30 seconds ish to finish even when I ...
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How to analyze mtr data

When I use to have latency issue with my hosting server I use to send mtr report to support so they can analyze and tell me if there is any issue at my end or their servers. Now, I am running with ...
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How to setup a routing loop using route tables?

I am attempting to setup a network loop using the route tables in Windows. The purpose of this setup is to test the impact that TTL Expired notifications have on a program. I have the following ...
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Better than traceroute / nslookup

Im searching for a command that shows all IP addresses that you get in status bar when you connect to site. Example: ebuddy.com, is not ony ebuddy.com, but varnish.ebuddy.com bsvc.ebuddy.com web....
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How to figure out company's network topology?

I can figure out: 1. 3 floors(A, B, C), there is a WIFI AP with same APN but different BSSID in each floor. 2. Will get different IP different subnet if I connect to different WIFI AP 3. the router's ...
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Strange network hops to Microsoft Office 365 server

Let me start by saying, that I'm not a network pro and trying to learn. We have some issues with Office 365 and when I try to ping their IP (132.245.228.194) I get this result. Notice that in hop 7 ...
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Traceroute behind a Carrier-Grade NAT (IP address 100.64.0.0/10)

Is it possibile that a Carrier-Grade NAT blocks all incoming ICMP messages? Trying a traceroute from an IP address belonging to the range 100.64.0.0/10 it doesn't detect any hop, neither the first ...
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Two IP addresses, different network ID = different networks?

Part of my coursework involves tracerouting a number of UK academic websites. When tracing oxford.ac.uk, before reaching the end (129.67.242.154), it goes through a few 192.76.xx.xx routers which (...
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Sudden traceroute time jump between ISP and requested server

I've been having trouble these past few months with certain websites timing out or acting really slow, so I decided to do some traceroute testing. One particular website I try to access called "vp....
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Is a firewall blocking me from accessing VZW's website?

I am not able to get on Verizon Wireless's website http://www.verizonwireless.com/ from any computer on my LAN. Chrome and Firefox just return with a connection timed out. However, the name resolves ...
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How do I get information about the ip addresses tracert goes through in windows?

Just wondering what the heck is not giving permission to tracert to pass. $ tracert google.com Tracing route to google.com 1 - - - Request timed out. 2 214 ms 69 ms 737 ms 114.108.194.45 3 ...
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Why does pinging my friend have higher than expected ping times?

Why does pinging my friend that lives in the same city, hires the same ISP, and who also lives 30 miles away from my neighborhood show a slightly higher ping (20 ms) than pinging a local server from ...
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Ping times change over time only to a certain server

The problem happens only to a certain server from a nearby country. When i test the ping to that server, i get 30-40 ms today, then tomorrow i'll get 240-250 ms. Sometimes, an hour later it'll be 50-...
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Fluctuating ping to a certain ISP backbone

There's a central server that located 300 miles away from my country. but when i test the ping to that server or their ISP backbone, i get inconsistent or a fluctuated pings from there. i live in ...
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Router reachability / configuration issue

I'm facing a weird problem at home and have been trying to find the root cause of the following problem, and solve it. I have a Motorola router at home and its public IP is 104.32.170.156 (taken from ...
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Traceroute hops in the same subnet

in what case is there two neighbor hops in the same subnet in a traceroute output? As I know it should be only source addresses and each router interface should be in different subnet? E.g.: 1 ...
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Why is tracert showing a private IP address right after my router, even though it has a public IP?

Here is a log of tracert superuser.com from my computer: Tracing route to superuser.com [198.252.206.16] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 2 ms 2 ms 2 ms 192.168.1.1 2 11 ms 17 ms ...
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Who is slow in this traceroute result?

I am using Atlassian Jira Agile Cloud, but browsing is very slow. Nothing like Bitbucket. So I tried to traceroute to see if my ISP is slow or Attlassian (as I see many people complain on slowness, ...
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Possible route, but denied?

If ISP (A) can be routed to ISP (B), and ISP (B) can be routed to ISP (C) and vice versa, then why ISP (A) and ISP (C) can't be routed through ISP (B) to each other? The packets are routed like this ...
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Why ping to a specific address is different from country to another?

I was working on a server outside my country, and the ping was around 90, I moved to other country and still working on the same server, both countries have the same distance, ISP, internet speed, ...
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fluctuating ping/latency only to a certain ISP [duplicate]

Pretty much the title. There's an ISP server that located 200miles away from my location. Once the packets cross their network, it fluctuates from 40ms to 120ms back and forth and rarely happen to be ...
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Same ip, different route?

There's a set of ip addresses that are hosted from the same ISP servers, but when i pick a random ip address from that set, it picks the right route or maybe the wrong one. I'll give you an example: ...
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Multiple IP Addresses on a Traceroute Line

I'm doing a traceroute from my box to ....say.... stackoverflow.com. I see a couple of instances where there are multiple ip's on one line. For instance, in below, line #2 has two IPs: 10.1.6.5 and ...
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wget not working on one machine: 404 Not Found

I am trying to use wget to debug and issue I am having. I have a remote machine from one server trying to reach query.json and it works fine, connects and downloads fine. I have another remote machine ...
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How can I determine the meaning of an odd entry in tracert output?

My router / gateway is on 10.0.0.1, with it handing out DHCP addresses in the range of 10.0.0.10 - 50. I did a tracert on yahoo today and noticed something odd, the 10.196.192.1 entry in the list ...
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can't ping, can't browse, just one site, not dns

Ok this is a new one for me cuz i can NOT browse and also NOT ping and it's just one site but the site is up and it happens from 3 different computers (all windows 7) behind my router-cable_modem. ...