Traceroute Gateway

<TITLE>UNC-CH ATN Networking & Communications - Traceroute Gateway</TITLE>
<H1>Traceroute Gateway</H1>

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This page provides a gateway to the standard UNIX traceroute program which
determines the route across a network taken by packets from one host to
another host. In this case, the traceroute will start from this server,
located at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It will
display the path taken to reach the host or IP address you have listed in the
box above.<P>

You can use this utility to verify connectivity of a host and determine how
the host is connected to the Internet. You can also determine the path taken
from UNC-Chapel Hill to the specified host. This will allow you,
for example, to determine where packet loss may be occurring when you
attempt to connect to hosts on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. It will also
allow you to determine whether routing difficulties, either on the Internet
or on the local UNC-Chapel Hill network, may explain problems connecting to 
hosts on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus.<P>

This is an experimental server. If you have any questions or comments about
its functionality, feel free to send electronic mail to the address listed
below and we will attempt to get back to you shortly.<P>

<P><ADDRESS>jim_gogan@unc.edu, last updated 11 March 1997</ADDRESS>