To discover where your internet traffic is slowing down, or which networks and domains it travels through en route to a specific site. There are other reasons, but I'm not getting into it.
HOW
Start > Run > CMD
(for Vista go to Start Search > type CMD > Right click Cmd Prompy, and Run as Administrator).
Then type "tracert www.example.com" for example, or whichever site you want to trace to. Do not type in the quotation marks. If you want a simpler traceroute use the command: tracert -d www.example.com
The first hop is the times b/w your NIC card and your modem (or router if you have one). From there on each hop is the next server or router your packets are travelling to. Make sure you run 2 or 3 traceroutes to get an average.
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