Basics of networking

Tracert is a programme for determining the routing (route) of packets on an IP network to tracert (MS Windows) / traceroute (Linux/macOS)

Tracert/traceroute returns a list of consecutive routers on the route to the target computer on the network.

The longer the route - the greater the number of routers - the more difficult it is to communicate with the target computer on the network. If there is a badly configured router on our route, we will have difficult access to the computer in question (slow-loading website, errors when downloading files, poor quality of Internet radio, etc.).

Example of examining a route from the university premises to wp.pl server:

In the example above, we see 11 nodes (routers)