Tracert not working !!

darkmagic

When i ping any web site or ip i am able to do that successfullt.

But when i am trying to tracert the same ip or url i get all *'s

Why is that happenning ??

gojericho0

a firewall may be blocking the tracert but letting the ping go through

JDMurray

Both ping and tracert use ICMP messages. If you can ping a host but not get a tracert on it, one (or more) of the network nodes between the near end-host (your machine) and the far end-host does not respond to ICMP echo request messages. This is common behavior on the public Internet.

Here's a link on how both tracert and ping work:

http://www.visualware.com/resources/tutorials/tracert.html

darkmagic

WTF, i am sorry to use that kind of a language, but i am livid with myself right now, how lame of me to not try that before posting this question.

Yeah that was the reason, thanx.