* TRACEROUTE *

Retrieves internet packet routing information from this-site to your-site.

** THIS IS PRIVATE INFORMATION ** you can only see your own information!

This uses a standard unix program called traceroute, the format is somewhat
cryptic

eg .traceroute

traceroute to uccs-aci.westnet.net (198.59.67.30), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
 1  csi2.gw.nts.uci.edu (128.195.131.1)  1.715 ms  1.455 ms  1.439 ms
 2  csi1.gw.nts.uci.edu (128.200.242.2)  1.779 ms  1.846 ms  1.825 ms
 3  last-wave.gw.nts.uci.edu (128.200.245.7)  38.355 ms  33.529 ms  4.042 ms
 4  anaheim-la-smds-ds3.cerf.net (134.24.95.6)  9.373 ms  7.458 ms  7.535 ms
 5  owb-anaheim-ds3.cerf.net (134.24.30.100)  7.607 ms  7.784 ms  6.271 ms
 6  sd-la-ds3.cerf.net (134.24.115.100)  11.964 ms  14.919 ms  10.886 ms
 7  mobydick-fddi.cerf.net (134.24.252.3)  41.940 ms  11.987 ms  11.992 ms
 8  sprintnap.mci.net (192.157.69.11)  78.955 ms  82.519 ms  89.111 ms
 9  -hssi3-0.WestOrange.mci.net (204.70.1.209)  83.780 ms  84.182 ms  82.465 ms
10  core1.Denver.mci.net (204.70.4.157)  127.178 ms  126.972 ms *
11  * border2-fddi-0.Denver.mci.net (204.70.3.114)  173.806 ms  129.676 ms
12  ncar.Denver.mci.net (204.70.29.6)  129.452 ms  128.464 ms  128.818 ms
13  ml-atm-gw.ucar.edu (192.52.106.10)  124.391 ms  129.548 ms  134.774 ms
14  * csnden-ncar2.csn.net (205.169.35.33)  133.816 ms  148.548 ms
15  * * aci-csnden.co.westnet.net (198.59.67.41)  138.978 ms
16  uccs-aci.westnet.net (198.59.67.30)  108.239 ms  107.220 ms

The *'s mean it wasn't able to connect to that machine that time (3 seconds)
so multiple *'s on a line are BAD.  Those are the lag locations!  The times
are listed in miliseconds for the round trip packets to reach and return 
from the listed host.

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