Traceroute

Always wanted to know the path packets take to get from your computer to another? This tool will tell you.

This setup is very similar to the ping tool, except this one will output the path that packets take to get from one computer to another. In this case, it will be from my server to the address you enter. Why? Because sometimes it is interesting to see the path it takes to get to your computer or website from different locations. Your computer most likely has the traceroute tool. but using it and comparing it from different locations can be useful.

See this tool at: http://www.pr0gr4mm3r.com/traceroute/

Here are some other locations to use traceroute from:

http://www.pr0gr4mm3r.com/tools/traceroute/ - Texas
http://www.nwtools.com/ - New York
http://www.tracert.com/cgi-bin/trace.pl - Multiple Locations
http://www.geektools.com/traceroute.php - Multiple Locations

More Resources:

http://www.traceroute.org/ - see the path from your computer to other places in the world
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traceroute