Traceroute is a diagnostic command for displaying possible routes (paths) and measuring transit delays of packets across the internet.  Here are several ways to perform a traceroute. The method you use will depend on your operating system.

• Windows
  • For Windows 7 and older:
    • Open Start menu -> Click Run -> Type cmd and press Enter.
    • In the command prompt type tracert news.pureusenet.nl and press Enter.
  • For Windows 8.x and newer:
    • Use the search window, type command prompt and click on the Command Prompt result.
    • Type tracert news.pureusenet.nl and press Enter.
    • This will provide traceroute results from your computer to news.pureusenet.nl.
  • How to copy the traceroute data:
    • To copy text such as traceroute and ping results from an MS-DOS prompt, you should right-click on the MS-DOS window and choose Mark.
    • Then select the text with your mouse and right-click or press Enter on your keyboard to save the marked text to your clipboard.  Then you can paste it by pressing Ctrl+V.
• Mac OS
  • Open a Terminal, located under Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal and type: traceroutenews.pureusenet.nl and press Enter.
• Linux
  • ​​​​​​​Open a Terminal window and type: traceroute -I news.pureusenet.nl​​​​​​​