Re: tracert question
Every "hop" that a tracert takes is a different router that your "packet" is travelling to to get to its destination.<br /><br />As you may already know when you open a website, it is located on a different computer somewhere in the world. And unless the server that is housed in the same network as your computer, it is going to have to locate the computer.<br /><br />Similar to a car travelling through a neighborhood, your request bounces through the huge network across the world until it gets to its destination, the web server housing the website you requested.<br /><br />I use it a lot when troubleshooting connections between my branch offices and my main office. As an example, I have users in Kansas who connect to my Wisconsin office. If a router in say, Chicago, is having connectivity issues or is just crap it could cause huge delays as it passes information onto the next router.<br /><br />So, my users in Kansas might be complaining of slowness. While their internet connection is running spectacularly, its possible that a router somewhere between KS and WI is causing the lag and slowness.<br /><br />Sean
<br /><br />Sean
