Question on tracert utility

Awalt · Aug 14, 2024

Hi all, I had not used the tracert utility for a long time on Windows, and I wanted to check a path to a web site. I remember you used to get a line for every hop on the way to the destination, now tracert only returns one line. I guess the utility has changed, is there a way to get all the hops again like it used to? Thanks!

Ghot · Aug 14, 2024

Awalt said:
Hi all, I had not used the tracert utility for a long time on Windows, and I wanted to check a path to a web site. I remember you used to get a line for every hop on the way to the destination, now tracert only returns one line. I guess the utility has changed, is there a way to get all the hops again like it used to? Thanks!

Make sure it's not blocked in your firewall. Then you'll get all the hops.

Awalt · Aug 14, 2024

Ah of course- I’m blocking incoming ping, is that correct?

Ghot · Aug 14, 2024

Awalt said:
Ah of course- I’m blocking incoming ping, is that correct?

I'm not sure what's being blocked... my Bitdefender firewall, just calls it "System".
I have my firewall set to "Block All" (except what I allow).

So, when something that involves the internet doesn't work... I temporarily change the firewall from Block to Automatic. In this case... tracert worked on Automatic.