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====== How to perform Traceroute on my computer? ====== | ====== How to perform Traceroute on my computer? ====== | ||
If you feel that accessing to our service is slow and sometimes the system is not even responding, performing a tracecroute command can be useful for determining | If you feel that accessing to our service is slow and sometimes the system is not even responding, performing a tracecroute command can be useful for determining | ||
- | You may copy the traceroute results and forward to support@afteroffice.com for verifications.\\ | + | You may copy the traceroute results and forward to [[helpdesk@lookafter.com]] for verifications.\\ |
- | **Windows**\\ | + | ===== Windows 10 ===== |
- | Steps with guided image here: Traceroute on Windows\\ | + | 1. Type " |
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+ | 2. **Click on the Command Prompt** app, which appears as one of the search result. | ||
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+ | |{{:faq: | ||
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+ | 3. Next, type **tracert yourdomain.com** into the command prompt, where yourdomain.com is the domain name for which you want to perform a traceroute. (E.g. //tracert lookafter.com// | ||
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+ | 4. **Press Enter** to run the traceroute. | ||
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+ | 5. The traceroute will take about 1 to 2 minutes. When it is done, you will see a "Trace complete." | ||
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+ | ---- | ||
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+ | ===== Windows | ||
1. Click **Start**.\\ | 1. Click **Start**.\\ | ||
2. Select **Run**.\\ | 2. Select **Run**.\\ | ||
3. Key in **cmd** in the box and click **OK**. A command prompt will be launched.\\ | 3. Key in **cmd** in the box and click **OK**. A command prompt will be launched.\\ | ||
- | 4. Type **tracert yourdomain.com** where yourdomain.com is the domain name for which you want to perform a traceroute. (E.g. //tracert lookafter.com// | + | 4. Type **tracert yourdomain.com** where yourdomain.com is the domain name for which you want to perform a traceroute. (E.g. //tracert lookafter.com// |
- | 5. Press Enter. | + | 5. Press Enter.\\ |
- | **Windows 8**\\ | + | ---- |
- | Steps with guided image here: Traceroute on Windows 8\\ | + | |
+ | ===== Windows 8 ===== | ||
1. Click **Start**.\\ | 1. Click **Start**.\\ | ||
2. Select **Search** from the menu list.\\ | 2. Select **Search** from the menu list.\\ | ||
- | 3. In the Search | + | 3. In the Search |
- | 4. On the command prompt, type **tracert yourdomain.com** where yourdomain.com is the domain name for which you want to perform a traceroute. (E.g. //tracert lookafter.com// | + | |
- | 5. Press Enter. | + | |{{: |
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+ | 4. On the command prompt, type **tracert yourdomain.com**, where yourdomain.com is the domain name for which you want to perform a traceroute. (E.g. //tracert lookafter.com// | ||
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+ | 5.Press Enter. | ||
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+ | ---- | ||
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+ | ===== Mac OS X ===== | ||
+ | 1. Launch **Network Utility** (Search from the Search Tool or Go to Applications > Utilities > Network Utility). | ||
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+ | 2. Select the **Traceroute** tab.\\ | ||
+ | 3. Enter the domain name for which you want to perform a traceroute, and then click **Trace**. | ||
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+ | ---- | ||
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+ | ===== Linux ===== | ||
+ | ==== I. By using Network Tools: ==== | ||
+ | 1. Launch **Network Tools** (Search from the Search Tool or Go to Applications > Network Tools). | ||
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+ | 2. Select the **Traceroute** tab.\\ | ||
+ | 3. Enter the domain name for which you want to perform a traceroute, and then click **Trace**. | ||
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- | **Mac OS X**\\ | ||
- | Steps with guided image here: [[faq: | ||
- | 1. Launch **Network Utility** (Search from the Search Tool or Go to Applications -> Utilities -> Network Utility ).\\ | ||
- | 2. Select **Traceroute**.\\ | ||
- | 3. Enter the domain name for which you want to perform a traceroute, and then click **Trace**.\\ | ||
- | **Linux**\\ | + | ==== II. By using traceroute |
- | Steps with guided image here: Traceroute on Linux\\ | + | |
- | 1. Open your terminal (RXVT, gnome-terminal, | + | |
- | 2. Type **traceroute | + | |
- | 3. Press Enter. | + | |
- | \\ | + | 1. Launch Terminal.\\ |
- | [ [[#top|Go to top of page]] ] | + | 2. Type **traceroute yourdomain.com** at the prompt and press Enter. |
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