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 '216.178.39.74'


     1 64.214.16.65 (64.214.16.65) 0.770 ms 0.636 ms
     2 te8-1-10G.ar2.LAX2.gblx.net (67.17.107.41) 57.763 ms 57.768 ms
     3 te8-1-10G.ar2.LAX2.gblx.net (67.17.107.41) 57.782 ms 57.768 ms
     4 MYSPACE-COM.ge4-1.ar2.LAX2.gblx.net (64.209.93.102) 57.663 ms 57.672 ms
     5 vl342.cs2.lax1.myspace.com (204.16.35.137) 57.828 ms 57.764 ms
     6 vl3552.cs2.els2.myspace.com (216.178.35.77) 58.279 ms 58.434 ms
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     26 * (vl3552.cs2.els2.myspace.com) 216.178.35.77 ms 207.645 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.