Traceroute is a command line utility used in Telnet/SSH that allows someone to view the "route" or "path" data takes when going to a certain destination. The usefulness of traceroute is that if you are unable to reach a particular host, you can usually tell where the problem lies with the help of traceroute. More information on the technical details on how traceroute works can be found here. You can use a web-based traceroute utility by clicking here. From the install page, you can also install a web-based traceroute utility on your virtual server. Finally, to learn how to read and diagnose the output of traceroute, read the Instructions page. |