Tracert

Tracert (traceroute) is a command-line network diagnostic tool used to trace the route that a packet takes from your computer to a specified destination. It works by sending out a series of packets with increasing time-to-live (TTL) values. Each router along the path decrements the TTL, and when a packet's TTL reaches zero, the router sends back an ICMP "time exceeded" message. Tracert records these responses from each router, providing a list of hops and the round-trip time for each hop.

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