How to run traceroute

Traceroute is used to determine what network servers user data are transferred through and how fast the data transfer is carried out. Running traceroute may be necessary to find out why a website is loading slowly. To run the traceroute, open the command line terminal, enter the command shown below and press "Enter":

tracert SERVER_ADDRESS

Example:

tracert webasyst.net

Tip: To open the command line terminal on Windows, select "Run" in the "Start" menu and enter cmd in the pop-up window.

If you see asterisks (*) next to some servers' names, it means that there are problems transferring data on those network hosts. More details on the traceroute can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traceroute.