Find the network path / route that is being used to reach a particular host on internet

To find the network path or route that is being used to reach a particular host on the internet, you can use the traceroute command. This command is available on most operating systems, including Linux, macOS, and Windows.

To use traceroute, open a terminal window or command prompt and enter the following command:

traceroute hostname

Replace "hostname" with the domain name or IP address of the host you want to trace the route to. For example:

traceroute google.com

traceroute will then display a list of the intermediate hops or routers that the packets pass through on their way to the destination host. Each line in the output corresponds to a hop, and the time taken for the packet to reach that hop is shown in milliseconds.

Here is an example of the output from traceroute:

Tracing route to google.com [172.217.5.78]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    10 ms    10 ms    10 ms  router.local [192.168.1.1]
  2    20 ms    20 ms    20 ms  10.0.0.1
  3    30 ms    30 ms    30 ms  10.0.0.2
  4    40 ms    40 ms    40 ms  10.0.0.3
  5    50 ms    50 ms    50 ms  10.0.0.4
  6    60 ms    60 ms    60 ms  172.217.5.78

Trace complete.

Note that the exact route taken by packets may vary depending on various factors, such as network congestion and routing policies.