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I'm not sure if this is possible, but I'm curious about what goes on beyond my local network. Is there any way I can produce a visual map beyond my local network?

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    fyi, you can see what hops your connection goes through. Open a command prompt and type tracert google.com and hit enter
    – Keltari
    Commented Jan 27, 2013 at 16:35
  • +1 That's pretty cool. Is there any way I can identify what kind of devices are being listed. would they all be servers or is it showing me routers/switches as well?
    – SwiftD
    Commented Jan 27, 2013 at 16:39
  • they are all routers. this site has a simple explanation of how it all works. computer.howstuffworks.com/internet/basics/…
    – Keltari
    Commented Jan 27, 2013 at 16:49
  • Great article. So presumably, the tracert ignores the initial query to the dns and just shows the path through various routers to it's final destination?
    – SwiftD
    Commented Jan 27, 2013 at 17:05

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Search for traceroute, which traces the route from your computer to another network address.

The original is a Linux command for the command line, but there are plenty of visual versions for many operating systems (including online versions)

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  • Thanks for the info, I'll do that. I had been using terms like network mapping to search on and was just getting local network mapping. I have ubuntu on a virtualbox, so a linux solution would be fine. Is there any particular program you would recommend?
    – SwiftD
    Commented Jan 27, 2013 at 16:42
  • You don't have to use Linux, there's plenty of Windows versions. I usually just use the command line version (tracert in Windows does the same thing).
    – parkydr
    Commented Jan 27, 2013 at 16:54

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