Ping & Trace Route

Ping

Ping is a tool that provides an opportunity to verify that the specified IP address ( the address from Ping Host ) exists. This tool is used to ensure that a host you are trying to reach is accessible. Ping also can be used with the host that is reachable to see how long it takes to get the response back ( this value will be shown in the field Time ).

Also you can get information about the operating system of remote host ( this information is in the field Guest OS ).

The ping process results can be stored in the text file by right clicking and selecting Save As popup menu item.

To stop the ping process click on the Stop button.

Trace Route

TraceRoute is a tool that traces the route ( the specific gateway computer at each hop) from a client machine to the remote host by reporting all router IP addresses between. It also calculates and displays the amount of time each hop takes. TraceRoute is a handy tool for both understanding where problems exist in the Internet network and getting a detailed sense of the Internet itself.

To start the process enter the host addres into Tracert Host and click on the Tracert button.

The following parameters can be set during the process:

• Hops - the number of hops to trace.
• Timeout – the maximum time that TraceRoute will wait for the response form router.

The traceing process results can be stored in the text file by right clicking and selecting Save As popup menu item.

To stop the traceing process click Stop.