Reverse tracert
As discussed earlier, the tracert program investigates the path that data you send through the Internet takes to reach another location. Interestingly, data coming back to you can take a different path, depending on the way your ISP has set up its own internal network.
It’s handy to know the path data takes coming to you. If you record this information while your Internet connection is working and subsequently run into trouble, you can have a friend perform a tracert to you. (You need to give him your IP address, which you can find using the ipconfig command.) If the results differ, you might be able to tell whether the problem is with your computer, your ISP, or the Internet.
You can visit www.traceroute.org for a list of hundreds ...
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