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 'Miami, FL, US' to '207.68.173.76'


     1 64.214.16.65 (64.214.16.65) 0.751 ms 0.594 ms
     2 so0-3-0-2488M.ar4.SEA1.gblx.net (67.17.72.174) 87.094 ms 88.009 ms
     3 MSN-Hot-Mail-2.ge-4-0-0.br2.SEA1.gblx.net (64.208.170.206) 87.498n-2.ar4.SEA1.gblx.net ms 64.215.195.86 ms
     4 ge-1-3-0-56.wst-64cb-1a.ntwk.msn.net (207.46.36.173) 87.350 ms 87.626 ms
     5 ge-6-1-0-0.tuk-64cb-1a.ntwk.msn.net (207.46.35.2) 88.012 ms 88.041 ms
     6 ge-7-0-0-0.tuk-64cb-1b.ntwk.msn.net (207.46.41.78) 88.358 ms 88.091 ms
     7 * (*) * ms * ms
     8 207.68.173.76 (207.68.173.76) 87.736 ms 88.026 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.