Trace route is Computer network diagnostic tool for displaying the route and it measure transit delays of packets across an (IP) Internet Protocol network. . Trace route outputs the list of traversed routers in simple text format, together with timing information. Trace route is available on most operating systems. On Microsoft Windows Operating System, it is named tracert. Windows NT based OS also provide Path Ping, with similar functionality. Variants with similar functionality are also available, such astracepath on Linux installations. For Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) the tool sometimes has the name traceroute6. Traceroute sends a sequence of Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) packets addressed to a destination host. Traceroute sends a sequence of Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) packets addressed to a destination host. Traceroute will help to gather all routers’ names network and geographical location if it has a Domain Name Services entry. It is inherently supported by all routers and can be run by both Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows machine