IP Traceroute Map Website

[Zouji]

Where is an IP traceroute site that has an actual map of the trace from one IP location to another. Also one that has the damned ping time in milliseconds. I need to know the latency between each hop since me and Vllad are having trouble with disconnects in our game. I would also like it if the trace would start from my computer rather than from some random server somewhere else.

[Slamz]

You can traceroute from your own computer. Windows has "tracert" as a command from the command window.

Usually if I'm trying to diagnose a problem, I'll tracert to the destination then pick a near point and a far point and run "ping -t" on them, then let that go for a few minutes. Some places have ping disabled though so you may not always get a reply.

If the near ping is clean while the far ping has packet loss then it's not me. If the near ping is bad then I'll start trying to whittle down the location having the problem. Usually if it's me, it's my router, cable modem or some problem between me and the local hub. The last time I had the cable guys out here to diagnose a problem, they "couldn't find anything" but somewhere in all the plugging and unplugging they did, the problem fixed itself. Probably a lose connection somewhere (and it wasn't in my house because I'd already unplugged and replugged everything, so I could test it with splitters off of the loop).


A long running ping test should come back with 0% packet loss (like 24 packets dropped out of 50,000). If you're seeing something like 5% packet loss or bursts of packet loss, that's the problem. It's probably not latency causing you trouble, but too many dropped packets (which may not be noticeable during web browsing or even downloads, except they'll be slower than they should).

I just recently fixed a packet loss problem by turning my router off and on, too. I won't pretend to understand that. Periodically the routers just go bad, too. Try plugging directly into your cable modem to rule out a router problem.

[Vanraw]

Yea, everything Slamz said.

I also find DSLreports.com a great site for helping to trouble shoot Interenet through put issues. Go to the "tools" menu and use "speed test". Make sure your not using your PC or connection for anything during the test if you want reality. You can also use the Line Quality test for more detailed info.

It will test between you and its various sites across the nation. It provides bandwidth speeds as well as things like packet loss. Best bet is to first test to the nearest location to your home PC. If that looks clean, then test to the nearest location of your destination.

FYI Ive used these results to prove to my ISP that they had a providor that was a problem. I would complain that Im not getting the 20 meg per sec and they would want to dispatch. I would then give them the results that showed where they were dropping packets (usually their service provider).

Another good trouble shooting site is "Speedtest.net . There are allot of cable companies and ISP's that use Speedtest.net and have servers inside their data centers. Mine did and I further used the results to show there was nothing wrong with the last mile to my house, and to stop dispatching and wasting money and time.