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Traceroute

Trace the real Layer‑3 path from one of your machines out to any target — hop by hop, with round‑trip times — to pinpoint where latency or a break happens.

Run a traceroute​

  1. Go to Network → Topology → Traceroute.
  2. Pick a source host — it must have a DashX agent (the agent runs the trace on that host; SNMP‑ or ping‑only devices can't execute it).
  3. Enter a target — an IP or hostname.
  4. Click Run.

Read the result​

Each hop shows its number, the responding IP, and the RTT (or a timeout). The path typically reads host → LAN gateway/firewall → internet → target, so you can see exactly where RTT jumps or where the trace stops.

tip

A big RTT jump between two hops shows where latency is introduced; the last responding hop before repeated timeouts shows where the path breaks.