How To Do a Traceroute On Mac?
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1. Open your Applications folder and double click on the Terminal icon.
2. Type “traceroute” followed by the hostname or IP address of the destination you want to trace.
3. Press Enter.
4. The output shows the route taken by the packets from your computer to the destination. Each line in the output displays the IP address of the router on the way, and the time taken for a packet to travel from your computer to that router and back.
5. To stop the traceroute at any time, press Ctrl+C.