Quick tracert ping question

[Phil9943]

When you do a tracert command in cmd, why are there three columns per hop in the results? Are these 3 numbers the time it takes to send 3 different packages?

[Jay_JWLH]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think there are multiple packets being sent. The first column shows the fastest latency, followed by the slowest, and then of course the average.

 

On second thought, I think it is three different packets being sent, and the round time it takes for them to return (even if they take different routes).

Edited January 9, 2017 by Jay_JWLH

[jj9987]

Traceroute sends out three packets per TTL increment. Each column corresponds to the time is took to get one packet back (round-trip-time), you can average them if you like.

Source: ServerFault

[Falconevo]

Still sort of on topic, if you use WinMTR or the Linux equivalent to gather more information regarding your trace routes.  Really good for monitoring a route over a specific time, allows for straight copy to clipboard, export to text/html etc.  Very helpful in certain scenarios, thought it may be helpful for you if you are trying to diagnose a particular issue.

 

http://winmtr.net/download-winmtr/

 

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