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What is traceroute and how do I use it?
Microsoft Windows contains a built-in tracert utility for running trace route tests. Alternative utilities are also freely available as Web downloads. The trace route tracert utility checks how many "hops" (transfers through other computers) it takes for your computer to contact another computer - either locally on your network, or on the internet. To execute a tracert test, you simply identify the Web site or other remote server or computer by its name or IP address. For Windows XP Users
To save the contents of the ping test...
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