Traceroute from terminal

[stridemat]

Hi Im having problems with my Internet Connection. I have performed a traceroute using Terminal. Can anyone tell me what all these numbers mean? Thankyou.


traceroute bbc.co.ukLast login: Wed May 13 07:38:26 on console
Unknown-00-1d-4f-fa-f2-24:~ **********$ traceroute bbc.co.uk
traceroute to bbc.co.uk (212.58.254.252), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 O2WirelessBox (***.***.*.*) 42.326 ms 95.021 ms 99.992 ms
2 87-194-255-254.bethere.co.uk (87.194.255.254) 129.361 ms 129.862 ms 138.189 ms
3 10.1.1.106 (10.1.1.106) 126.591 ms 128.797 ms 128.869 ms
4 10.1.1.93 (10.1.1.93) 134.515 ms 124.801 ms 131.350 ms
5 * * *
6 83.245.126.93 (83.245.126.93) 134.596 ms 127.793 ms 143.324 ms
7 212.58.238.129 (212.58.238.129) 131.051 ms 125.571 ms 122.513 ms
8 rdirslb0.thdo.bbc.co.uk (212.58.224.136) 131.105 ms 132.275 ms 129.033 ms
9 virtual3.rbsov.bbc.co.uk (212.58.254.252) 126.763 ms 132.097 ms 132.905 m

 

[pilotError]

Open terminal and type in

man traceroute

then use the down arrow to keep reading. It will explain everything you wanted to know.

type q to quit

 

[stridemat]

thanks you learn something new everyday. I will have a read now.

(Just realised I posted in the wrong forum, sorry mods)