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 sends a series of packets to the target host and traces the route taken by the packets, showing the intermediate hops between the source and destination.
To use the "traceroute" command, open a terminal and type the following command, replacing "example.com" with the domain name of the host you want to trace:
traceroute example.com
The "traceroute" command will show the list of intermediate hops between your system and the target host, along with the round-trip time (RTT) for each hop. The output will look something like this:
traceroute to example.com (192.0.2.1), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets 1 192.168.1.1 0.452 ms 0.471 ms 0.477 ms 2 10.0.0.1 3.134 ms 3.195 ms 3.218 ms 3 10.0.0.2 4.567 ms 4.634 ms 4.698 ms 4 example.com (192.0.2.1) 12.456 ms 12.567 ms 12.678 ms
In this example, the target host "example.com" is reached via four intermediate hops: the local router, two other servers, and finally the target host itself.
The "traceroute" command is a useful tool for troubleshooting network connectivity issues and understanding the route taken by traffic to and from a particular host.