Networking Tools

Network connectivity speed doesn’t always mean you get the fastest web site loading time if you are hosting your site on a high-speed up link. There are many other factors that will slow down or increase your web server response latency.
For example web site caching can be done locally (dynamic data pre-generated) or static content distributed via alternative caching methods - reverse proxies, content delivery networks and such mehods.

In order to find a traffic path to a specific host I suggest using traceroute (tracert utility on Windows OS) utility. By running a traceroute you will see how the traffic travels between your workstation (or server) to the remote host you are tracerouting.

On the linux platform, simply enter

traceroute www.thehostuwanttotraceroute.com

on windows OS (from the DOS command line shell):

tracert www.thehostuwanttotraceroute.com

You can also turn off the hostname resolving, -d on the Windows, -n in Linux Shell.