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📖 How to Read Traceroute Results

• Latency jump at hop N: Congestion or routing issue at/after that specific hop
• Timeouts (*): Routers may deprioritize ICMP; not always packet loss
• Loss at one hop only: Usually ICMP rate limiting (check later hops)
• Loss continues for later hops: More likely real packet loss issue
• High latency from start: Check local network/ISP connection first

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❓ Traceroute FAQs

What is traceroute? Traceroute shows the network path (hops) packets take to reach a destination, plus the latency to each hop.

Why do I see asterisks (*)? Asterisks usually mean a router didn't reply to the probe (often ICMP rate limiting). If later hops still respond, it's commonly not an actual outage.

What does a big latency jump mean? A sudden increase at hop N can indicate congestion or routing issues at that hop or after it. Confirm with multiple runs and compare with ping/jitter.

What tool should I use for packet loss per hop? On Windows, use pathping. On macOS/Linux, use mtr for more reliable loss statistics.

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