Global Crossing
IP Network Performance
Looking Glass Utilities - Router to Host Traceroute
Allows a user to view all router hops encountered in the path between a Global Crossing node and a specified URL address

Choose a source:
 
 
Specify a destination host
( ie. www.globalcrossing.com )




Trying trace from node 'Cleveland, OH, US' to '72.14.253.103'


     1 fe0-1-0-202-100M.ar1.cle1.gblx.net (64.214.8.97) 0.779 ms 0.480 ms
     2 te9-2-10G.ar2.CHI2.gblx.net (67.17.109.114) 186.973 ms 97.477 ms
     3 google-1.ar2.CHI2.gblx.net (64.215.195.178) 22.586 ms 11.611 ms
     4 216.239.48.152 (216.239.48.152) 10.558 ms 209.85.250.239 ms
     5 66.249.95.245 (66.249.95.245) 19.795 ms 64.233.174.82 ms
     6 216.239.43.80 (216.239.43.80) 95.761 ms 66.249.95.135 ms
     7 216.239.46.211 (216.239.46.211) 85.257 ms 72.14.233.56 ms
     8 72.14.239.12 (72.14.239.12) 74.128 ms 72.865 ms
     9 72.14.233.14 (72.14.233.14) 92.252 ms 216.239.47.50 ms
     10 72.14.233.29 (72.14.233.29) 73.417 ms 73.326 ms
     11 po-in-f103.google.com (72.14.253.103) 82.746 ms 91.295 ms

Command completed

If a returned message contains or is completely composed of ***, this is probably the result of a filtering device (i.e. firewall) encountered along the path being traced. The same explanation would apply for no output in the case of a ping query.