{"id":698,"date":"2007-10-18T16:15:10","date_gmt":"2007-10-18T10:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/2007\/10\/18\/how-to-traceroute-from-windows\/"},"modified":"2007-10-18T16:15:10","modified_gmt":"2007-10-18T10:15:10","slug":"how-to-traceroute-from-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/2007\/10\/18\/how-to-traceroute-from-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"How-to Traceroute from Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes we cant reach a site or server even though it is up due to networking issues. Traceroute is a tool that lets you diagnostic this type of issues.<\/p>\n<p>Including a traceroute report from your pc to the site\/server when you open a helpdesk ticket will help the technical support technicians to pin point the problem and resolve it quickly.<\/p>\n<p>This is how you can perform traceroute from windows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Click on <strong>Start > Run<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/traceroute-windows-start-run.jpg' alt='Traceroute from Windows: Start - Run' \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the Run window type <strong>cmd<\/strong> and click OK.<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/traceroute-windows-cmd.jpg' alt='Traceroute from Windows: cmd' \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In te command prompt type <code>tracert domain.com<\/code> and hit ENTER.<br \/>\nReplace domain.com with your target site or host.<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/traceroute-windows-tracert.jpg' alt='Traceroute from Windows: tracert' \/><\/p>\n<p>This will give you the traceroute result.<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/traceroute-windows-result.jpg' alt='Traceroute from Windows: Traceroute Result' \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Right-click on the window and select <strong>Select All<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/traceroute-windows-copy-result.jpg' alt='Traceroute from Windows: Copy Result' \/><\/p>\n<p>This will copy the result. And the window will turn white.<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/traceroute-windows-selected.jpg' alt='Traceroute from Windows: Selected' \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 5:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To paste the result click on where you want to paste it (ex. email to technical support, help desk ticket, text file), right-click and click on <strong>Paste<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/traceroute-windows-paste-result.jpg' alt='Traceroute from Windows: Paste Traceroute Result' \/><\/p>\n<p>Now you have your traceroute result ready to be mailed. <\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/traceroute-windows-email-result.jpg' alt='Traceroute from Windows: Email Traceroute Result' \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes we cant reach a site or server even though it is up due to networking issues. Traceroute is a tool that lets you diagnostic this type of issues. 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