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vi. The round trip time of the packets is displayed, as well as any packet loss for the period of
time that the test occurred.
Trace the Route of IP Packets
Another utility available on your PC is traceroute. This tool can be used to determine the route and
number of hops that data packets are taking to their destination (codec). This is useful because the
more routers that packets traverse, the more latency your connection will have, and the less reliable
it will be.
i. Point to the start menu on your PC and click once.
ii. In the search text box type Run and press Enter.
iii. Type CMD in the Run dialog text box and click OK.
iv. Type tracert, the IP address of the codec you are contacting (i.e. tracert 203.36.205.163)
and press the Enter key on your keyboard.
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