Re: [cobalt-users] Total Newbie, please be patient...

["Gerald Waugh" <gerald@xxxxxxxxx>]

Traceroute can help you to determine where the problem is, and if it something
which you will need to contact your Internet Service Provider (ISP) about. Your
Traceroute output will be helpful to them.

Traceroute sends three data packets to each "hop" along the route to the server
you have requested data from and measures the time each packet takes to return.
It will then send this information to you line by line, and will hopefully show
where the problems exist along the way.

Windows 95 and 98 include a command line version of Traceroute, called
"tracert.exe", accessible by opening a DOS window and typing:
C:\WINDOWS> tracert [hostname]
where [hostname] is the name of the server you want to trace to (i.e.,
www.yourdomain.com).

This output will display the route, and all points in between, from your dial up
ISP and the server you're trying to reach.