The Traceroute utility is a system administrator's that shows you the route over the network between two systems, listing all the intermediate routers a connection must pass through to get to its destination. It can help to determine why connections to a given server might be poor, and can often help you figure out where exactly the problem is. It also shows how systems are connected to each other, letting you see how your ISP connects to the Internet as well as how the target system is connected.
ABOUT TRACE ROUTE
Traceroute is a simple yet clever command-line tool for tracing the path an IP packet takes across one or many networks. It was originally developed for UNIX-based platforms, but is now included in most operating systems, with the Windows implementation being known as “tracert”. The output of these commands is also frequently referred to as a traceroute. Ask for help with poor streaming video performance, for example, and your ISP might ask you for a traceroute.