- Click Start and then Run
- Type in "command" or "cmd" and press Enter
- In the command window, type tracert forum.virtualthunderbirds.com > C:\tracert.txt and press the Enter key.
- A file will be created on your C: drive called tracert.txt that contains your Traceroute information. Please be patient when waiting for the tracert command to complete, it may take several minutes. When you are returned to the command prompt, the trace is complete. Grab the tracert.txt file from your C:\ root folder and copy and paste the information within it in your post.
- Add the following information to your post as well:
- Date and time when you experienced slow forums (and ran the traceroute).
- Your location. (e.g. Phoenix, AZ)
- Your ISP and connection (if known). (e.g. Comcast cable).
- Approximate time to refresh (e.g. ~15 seconds).
Here's an example of what to submit to this thread:
Date & Time: Sunday January 18, 2009 3:30 pm ET
Location: Orlando, FL
ISP: Brighthouse Networks cable 20Mbps download, 5Mbps upload
Loadtime: Approx ~21 seconds to load/refresh the index page
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Tracing route to forum.virtualthunderbirds.com [66.96.130.69]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 37 ms 34 ms 15 ms 10.122.96.1
3 27 ms 24 ms 24 ms 24.95.232.0
4 20 ms 24 ms 13 ms gig3-2-0.orldflaabv-rtr3.cfl.rr.com [24.95.228.9]
5 32 ms 23 ms 31 ms 77.228.95.24.cfl.res.rr.com [24.95.228.77]
6 24 ms 33 ms 24 ms ge-1-3-0.cr1.atl20.tbone.rr.com [66.109.6.104]
7 60 ms 71 ms 44 ms ae-4-0.cr0.dca10.tbone.rr.com [66.109.6.33]
8 80 ms 45 ms 57 ms ae-2-0.pr0.dca10.tbone.rr.com [66.109.6.169]
9 52 ms 47 ms 60 ms te2-6.mpd02.iad01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.10.209]
10 42 ms 79 ms 63 ms te4-2.mpd02.dca01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.26.121]
11 62 ms 61 ms 60 ms te7-2.ccr01.jfk02.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.1.142]
12 71 ms 81 ms 65 ms te2-4.mpd01.bos01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.5.249]
13 57 ms 53 ms 51 ms te7-1.ccr02.bos01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.7.41]
14 64 ms 51 ms 76 ms endurance-international-group.demarc.cogentco.com [38.97.106.34]
15 55 ms 78 ms 55 ms 242.252.148.207.static.yourhostingaccount.com [207.148.252.242]
16 65 ms 91 ms 91 ms 69.130.96.66.static.eigbox.net [66.96.130.69]
Trace complete.