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 '207.46.30.24'


     1 64.214.16.65 (64.214.16.65) 0.826 ms 0.522 ms
     2 ge4-1-10G.ar2.SJC2.gblx.net (67.17.105.6) 73.944 ms 154.949 ms
     3n-1.ar2.SJC2.gblx.net 64.215.195.90 (67.423) 85.556 ms * ms
     4 ge-0-3-0-58.sjc-64cb-1a.ntwk.msn.net (207.46.37.189) 67.465 ms 67.593 ms
     5 ge-7-1-0-0.by2-64c-1a.ntwk.msn.net (207.46.33.18) 75.133 ms 68.353 ms
     6 ge-1-0-0-0.by2-64c-1b.ntwk.msn.net (207.46.39.86) 68.316 ms 67.251 ms
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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.