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 '207.46.30.24'


     1 fe0-1-0-202-100M.ar1.cle1.gblx.net (64.214.8.97) 0.781 ms 0.576 ms
     2 te1-2-10G.ar2.SJC2.gblx.net (67.17.109.106) 52.178 ms 53.164 ms
     3n-1.ar2.SJC2.gblx.net 64.215.195.90 (52.352) 52.443 ms * ms
     4 ge-0-3-0-59.sjc-64cb-1b.ntwk.msn.net (207.46.37.193) 52.395 ms 52.434 ms
     5 ge-7-1-0-0.by2-64c-1b.ntwk.msn.net (207.46.33.22) 53.552 ms 53.248 ms
     6 ten7-4.by2-76c-1b.ntwk.msn.net (207.46.45.14) 53.095 ms 53.144 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.