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Re: ping and tracert networking question

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Originally Posted by Jared341 View Post
It could be DNS resolution. Most implementations of tracert will attempt to resolve each IP along the way...
OK, this is where I have some confusion. I thought DNS was to resolve a name into an IP address. Why is DNS required if I am already providing the IP address?

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A couple suggestions:

a) Try running tracert with the -d flag.

b) Try using an open DNS service, like OpenDNS (208.67.222.222/208.67.222.220) or Google Public DNS (8.8.8.8/8.8.4.4).
Thanks. I will try that next time it misbehaves.