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So what do we do next? We close the telnet program and go
back to the DOS window. At the DOS prompt we give the command
"tracert 152.163.199.42." Or we could give the command
"tracert DNS-01.AOL.COM."
(Note this was written in 1997. Today
that computer may not even be on the Internet, or may not give
the same results.)
Either way we'll get the same result. This command will trace
the route that a message takes, hopping from one computer to
another, as it travels from my computer to this AOL domain server
computer. Here's what we get:
C:\WINDOWS>tracert 152.163.199.42
Tracing route to dns-01.aol.com [152.163.199.42]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 * * * Request
timed out.
2 150 ms 144 ms 138 ms 204.134.78.201
3 375 ms 299 ms 196 ms glory-cyberport.nm.westnet.net
[204.134.78.33]
4 271 ms * 201
ms enss365.nm.org [129.121.1.3]
5 229 ms 216 ms 213 ms h4-0.cnss116.Albuquerque.t3.ans.net
[192.103.74.45]
6 223 ms 236 ms 229 ms f2.t112-0.Albuquerque.t3.ans.net
[140.222.112.221]
7 248 ms 269 ms 257 ms h14.t64-0.Houston.t3.ans.net
[140.223.65.9]
8 178 ms 212 ms 196 ms h14.t80-1.St-Louis.t3.ans.net
[140.223.65.14]
9 316 ms * 298
ms h12.t60-0.Reston.t3.ans.net [140.223.61.9]
10 315 ms 333 ms 331 ms 207.25.134.189
11 * * * Request
timed out.
12 * * * Request
timed out.
13 207.25.134.189 reports: Destination net unreachable.
What the heck is all this stuff? The number to the left is
the number of computers the route has been traced through. The
"150 ms" stuff is how long, in thousandths of a second,
it takes to send a message to and from that computer. Since a
message can take a different length of time every time you send
it, tracert times the trip three times. The "*" means
the trip was taking too long so tracert said "forget it."
After the timing info comes the name of the computer the message
reached, first in a form that is easy for a human to remember,
then in a form -- numbers -- that a computer prefers.
"Destination net unreachable" probably means tracert
hit a firewall.
Let's try the second AOL domain server.
C:\WINDOWS>tracert 152.163.199.56
Tracing route to dns-02.aol.com [152.163.199.56]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 * * * Request
timed out.
2 142 ms 140 ms 137 ms 204.134.78.201
3 246 ms 194 ms 241 ms glory-cyberport.nm.westnet.net
[204.134.78.33]
4 154 ms 185 ms 247 ms enss365.nm.org
[129.121.1.3]
5 475 ms 278 ms 325 ms h4-0.cnss116.Albuquerque.t3.ans.net
[192.103.74.
45]
6 181 ms 187 ms 290 ms f2.t112-0.Albuquerque.t3.ans.net
[140.222.112.22
1]
7 162 ms 217 ms 199 ms h14.t64-0.Houston.t3.ans.net
[140.223.65.9]
8 210 ms 212 ms 248 ms h14.t80-1.St-Louis.t3.ans.net
[140.223.65.14]
9 207 ms * 208
ms h12.t60-0.Reston.t3.ans.net [140.223.61.9]
10 338 ms 518 ms 381 ms 207.25.134.189
11 * * * Request
timed out.
12 * * * Request
timed out.
13 207.25.134.189 reports: Destination net unreachable.
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