For Windows 95 and 98 users, traceroute is already setup to run in the MS DOS window. To use traceroute, open an MS DOS window, and type 'tracert datona.com' and press [ENTER]. You should see something that looks similar to the following:
C:WINDOWS>tracert datona.com
Tracing route to datona.com [216.127.81.17] over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <10 ms <10 ms <10 ms 192.168.0.1
2 40 ms 30 ms 50 ms d205-250-176-254.bchsia.telus.net [205.250.176.254]
3 211 ms 220 ms 220 ms 208.181.240.26
4 220 ms 220 ms 101 ms VANCBC01BR01.bb.telus.com [154.11.12.129]
5 220 ms 221 ms 220 ms sttlwa01gr01.bb.telus.com [209.53.75.166]
6 220 ms 70 ms 20 ms Cogent.sttlwa01gr01.bb.telus.com [154.11.3.158]
7 260 ms 261 ms 250 ms p15-0.core01.den01.atlas.cogentco.com [66.28.4.102]
8 160 ms 80 ms 81 ms p5-0.core01.mci01.atlas.cogentco.com [66.28.4.30]
9 290 ms 291 ms 280 ms p5-0.core02.dfw01.atlas.cogentco.com [66.28.4.37]
10 90 ms 80 ms 91 ms p15-0.core01.dfw01.atlas.cogentco.com [66.28.4.25]
11 300 ms 291 ms 270 ms p13-0.core01.iah01.atlas.cogentco.com [66.28.4.98]
12 90 ms 301 ms 300 ms EveryonesInternet.demarc.cogentco.com [38.112.12.178]
13 291 ms 300 ms 300 ms ivhou-207-218-245-122.ev1.net [207.218.245.122]
14 301 ms 300 ms 301 ms datona.com [216.127.81.17]
Trace complete.
As you can see, it took 14 hops to get from my computer to the datona.com server. If you experience hops with *, this denotes a possible congestion (packet loss) and can affect the loading of your website. When this occurs and you are having trouble accessing your website, send in a support request with the above information. You can use the Copy and Paste buttons in MSDOS to copy to the request form's text box.
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You can save the information from a Traceroute to a text file by using the following syntax:
Tracert datona.com >>filename.txt
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