The ultimate trace route app
"The Tracer" will help you with to find out where a website or a person is really located and other very useful information about them. The Tracer combines in a single freeware software app different networking tools: traceroute, whois, port scanner.
The traceroute will allow you to find out the path of the transited information between your computer and the source address. It will help you not only locate a certain URL but also identify any connection problems by measuring transit delays and offering diagnostic information about each "hop" your data goes through.
The whois command can be used to discover the web domain or the real IP address of a certain user or assignee.
The Tracer also provides a function called "port scanner". This will probe a certain host or server and will verify its security policies by scanning for opened ports.
The Tracer is an intuitive, handy and reliable application that will allow you to quickly and easily use functions like traceroute, whois and port scanner, all from within its easy to use interface.
Sometimes it would be nice to find out where a web site or a person is really located. It is one of the things that The Tracer will help you with.