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You can use Windows or Linux to diagnose a connection between a source and destination machine by testing the communication status of the devices that make the connection possible.

Windows uses the command tracert for this utility.
Linux uses the command traceroute for this utility.

The route is determined by examining the ICMP Time Exceeded messages sent back during the traceroute.  Note that some routers silently drop packets with expired TTLs and are invisible to TRACERT / Traceroute utilities.

How to use Traceroute

Windows:

1. Open a command prompt by going to Start->run->type command->press enter.
2. Type the command: tracert xx.xx.xx.xx (replace xx.xx.xx.xx with the intended IP address)

Example:
C:\>tracert 4.2.2.2

You can also traceroute a domain.

Example:
C:\>tracert domain.com

Linux:

For linux, use the traceroute command.

Example:
traceroute 4.2.2.2

or:
traceroute google.com

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