To perform a traceroute on a Mac OS Xcomputer, you must open a Terminal window. The terminal can be found by opening the Finder, selection Applications and Utilities. To open a terminal session, double-click on 'Terminal.app'. Inside the Terminal application, the traceroute command is 'traceroute' and the specified target (i.e.google.com). Linux operating systems and Mac OS X are based on Unix and both contain command lines that allow the user to control the system via input prompt. Newer versions of OS X have important command line diagnostic tools, such as traceroute, integrated in the Network Utility application; these can be chosen through a graphical user interface.

TraceRoute is a Free Utility built into your operating system to help you Analyze the Path your Computer takes along your Network to get to a Website or IP Address. The utility shows you important Information for each hop (or route) including Delays (in milliseconds), IP Address of the Hop/Route and Time Outs.

TraceRoute is a Free Network Diagnostic Utility that is used via your Command Line that will display the Route your Computer takes on the Internet to a Certain destination (usually a Hostname/Website/Domain or IP Address).

The tool displays Delay in Milliseconds for each Route/Hop on its Way to the Destination IP Address or Host that you have specified.

Run TraceRT on Windows PC

To Run TraceRoute on any Windows based PC (including Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows Server 2000/2003/2008/2012/2016/2019), follow the steps below:

1. Click on the Start (or windows Icon in the Bottom Left corner of your Screen)
2. Click RUN (or type in RUN if on a Newer Windows Platform)
3. After the RUN dialog box opens, type in cmd.
4. When the Command Prompt dialog box opens, type in the following for either Ipv4 or Ipv6 troubleshooting
  IPv4 IP Address:
  (or IPv4 IP Address)
  IPv6 IP Address:
  (or IPv6 IP Address)
5. Press your Enter key on your Keyboard to run the Command

Run TraceRoute on Linux

Unlike Windows, Linux uses the command traceroute, or the Full word instead of the abbreviated “rt” like windows does.

Open your Terminal Dialog, issue the following commands (similar to the above)
Type either:
IPv4 IP Address:
(or insert IPv4 IP Address instead of a domain name)
IPv6 IP Address:
(or Enter IPv6 IP Address instead of a domain name)
Press the Enter key to run the command.

Run TraceRoute in Mac OS X

On your Mac Desktop, click the Search Icon in Top Right corner of the Screen (Magnifying Glass icon), as seen in the image below:
Type in Network Utility, and press the Enter key to open the Utility
When the Network Utility opens, click on the TraceRoute tab and Enter in your IP or Domain/Host Name and click Trace!

This sums up how to Run the Traceroute Utility/Tool on the Most Popular Operating sytems for Troubleshooting Network hops and corresponding delays.

This article explains how you can perform a traceroute on your Mac. You may use traceroute to diagnose network routing issues (e.g., connectivity problems) and other related problems because it is a a network diagnostic tool.

There are two ways to do this:

Via the Terminal app
Via the Network Utility app

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To run traceroute on a Mac using the Terminal app

1-Launch the Terminal app. To open the Terminal app, you can:

Go to Finder > Applications > Utilities > Terminal. Or alternatively,
You may open it using Spotlight, open spotlight and search Terminal.

2-Type the following command and press Enter

traceroute hostname

In this command, hostname is the name of the server connection you are testing, like macreports.com. This could be a domain name or an IP address. For example, if we want to find the traceroute result for macreports, here is the command you need to enter:

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traceroute macreports.com

As you can see above, you do not need to enter the “https://” or “www.” section of the website’s address.

3-It may take up to a few minutes for your Mac to complete the process. Your Mac will generate a list of connections between your computer and its destination.

If you see * signs, that means “Request Timed Out”. Just wait. Then you may review the results.

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To run traceroute on a Mac using the Network Utility app

You may also use the Network Utility app. Here is how:

1-Open the Network Utility app

You can find Network Utility in /System/Library/CoreServices/Applications. Or alternatively:
You can use Spotlight to open it.

2-Click the Traceroute tab.

3-Your your domain or IP number, like macreports.com and click Trace.

4-And review the results.

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