{"id":1509,"date":"2019-02-08T10:35:58","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T10:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2019\/02\/08\/1583374-how-to-use-traceroute-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T03:36:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T03:36:48","slug":"1583374-how-to-use-traceroute-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583374-how-to-use-traceroute-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use Traceroute at Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">If your website is working though you can&rsquo;t see it from your location after <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1583501-how-to-clear-cache\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clearing cache<\/a>, you can check for connectivity issues. Based on which OS you are using on your computer, open Terminal or Command prompt:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-table-container\">\n<table role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>OS<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>What to open and how<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Linux<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Click <b>Ctrl + Alt + T<\/b> or Search &rarr; <b>Terminal <\/b>to run terminal<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Mac OS<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">In Spotlight search for <b>Terminal<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Windows<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Click <b>Win + R<\/b>, type <b>cmd<\/b> and press <b>Enter<\/b> to reach Command prompt<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">Next, run the following command in <b>Windows<\/b>:<\/p><pre><code>tracert your-hosting-ip<\/code><\/pre><p class=\"no-margin\">On <b>Linux <\/b>and <b>Mac OS<\/b>:<\/p><pre><code>traceroute your-hosting-ip<\/code><\/pre><p class=\"no-margin\">Replacing <b>your-hosting-ip<\/b>&nbsp;with the IP of your hosting plan. You can find it by navigating <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/websites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Websites<\/a> &rarr; Manage <\/b>&rarr; Plan details, in the <b>Website details <\/b>section:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/02\/c9ff9419-2f10-4e8b-8d1a-8e801c36d251.jpg\" alt=\"The Website Details section on hPanel showing the hosting IP address\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">If you get a result like this:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/02\/4d52ae67-6242-4e91-af82-d1eb39d379f2.jpg\" alt=\"The Windows command prompt where a tracert is run to a sample IP and the result shows a traceroute\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">It means that your connection to our server is being lost at the last point before the first line with <b>Request timed out<\/b>.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">To solve this issue, contact your ISP and ask them to change your network routing. If this is not an option or the issue persists, you can try the following:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Check again at a later time &ndash; it may relate to a wider ISP issue that could resolve by itself.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Connect using a VPN. Or, if you&rsquo;re already using a VPN, try disabling it.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Use Namebench to re-route the connection. You can download the required application here: <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/code.google.com\/archive\/p\/namebench\/downloads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Code Archive &ndash; Namebench<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/5577027-how-to-transfer-your-hosting-account-to-a-different-server\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Change the server location of your hosting plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Use a CDN, such as <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/7935917-hostinger-cdn-website-optimization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hostinger CDN<\/a>, that will store a cached copy of your website on its servers around the world.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Additional resources<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/code.google.com\/archive\/p\/namebench\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Namebench documentation<\/a><br>\n&#8203;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Understanding the results of tracert or traceroute command<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[178],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583374-how-to-use-traceroute-at-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/1583374-como-usar-traceroute-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/1583374-comment-utiliser-traceroute-chez-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/1583374-cara-menggunakan-tracert-traceroute-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/1583374-como-usar-o-comando-traceroute-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/1583374----hostinger\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1509"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9466,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1509\/revisions\/9466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}