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Traceroute

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Follow the route from my checking server in Germany to any website or IP address, router by router. You see how long each step takes, which networks it passes through and, in plain English, whether anything on the way is losing data.

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Join free to use the traceroute, up to 100 a day. Members also get every other tool, notes inside my reviews and price alerts.

Only the address you trace is contacted.

Example report

brightwell.co.uk

A clean route9 routers, 18 ms, nothing lost on the way.
✓Nurembergstart
✓Frankfurt4 ms
✓London (LINX)14 ms
✓Cloudflare17 ms
✓brightwell.co.uk18 ms

What it checks

Every router

Its name, network and country, with the best and average time from three tries.

Where it slows

A plain-English verdict on whether a slow step matters or is just a busy router.

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The whole trace as text, ready to paste to your host or provider.

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