This tool allows you to traceroute to an ip address on the Internet with Google Maps showing you the path that it takes. Enter your own ip address to see how it works, or choose from a number of preset sites like Blogger and Microsoft. Be patient with this site as it takes a bit of time for the traceroute to take place, then display in the map window.
Not sure what a traceroute is? A traceroute is basically the path that things requests to view webpages take or the route that an email might take to reach it's final destination. For a more indepth description check here.
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the link is wrong :(
Should be okay now - looked like a weird blogger publishing bug..
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I've found a more current traceroute/Google Maps mashup at www.mapulator.com . You can traceroute by IP address or host name to see the path the packets take. You can run the trace from their server (located in TX) or from your PC (though your IP may change the location). It's pretty slick, and has some settings you can tweak for doing the traceroute. It also can also do “whois” queries when you click on one of the hops (to find out that hop's IP). And if you just want to know where any particular computer/server/IP is you can also type in the IP or host name in their ping tool and find out if the host is up, where it is, and get the “whois” record. Seems like a very useful site/tool.
Thank you for the www.mapulator.com URL. It is nice and I don't have to use xtraceroute on ubuntu anymore :)
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