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Try Traceroute command for better understanding of your network

Try Traceroute command for better understanding of your network

Posted on by Gregor

The Traceroute command is a network utility that allows you to observe a query’s complete path. In this article, we will take a detailed look at it and why it is so beneficial to do it. 

Traceroute command – definition

The Traceroute command is a basic command-line program that displays each hop of a query from your machine to the destination – an IP address or a domain name. It calculates a probe’s route and returns the result.

The query will traverse the Internet, passing from one router to the next until it reaches its destination. Your computer will send packets to each hop and get responses to them. In this way, you’ll get data for each of the points along the trip, from your device to the destination.

Suggested article: What DNS Тools are? – DNS trace, Ping, Traceroute, Nslookup, Reverse lookup

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Load balancing: How does it handle the traffic?

Load balancing: How does it handle the traffic?

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DNS load balancing is a widely used technique for optimizing the management of a hostname’s incoming traffic. It is becoming an increasingly popular method. But, as we’ll see later in the text, there’s a reason for this.

What is load balancing meaning? 

Load balancing in DNS is a method of distributing client requests among server machines by configuring a domain. We can associate the domain with a website, a mail system, etc., or any other Internet-based service.

If you are the owner of a large and popular website, it means that you will have a lot of requests for it. In addition, it needs to be fast, provide up-to-date information and process the requests it receives accurately and quickly. This is where traffic balancing comes in.

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