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Use traceroute (tracert) or pathping
tracert is the perfect function for you. E.x: CMD { tracert 192.168.1.1 } That will allow you to see where your data packet has traveled. The 192.168.1.1 is only an example. Hope this answer has helped you! :D
Switch
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Which_option_sHow_is_how_a_router_will_route_packets_to_a_remote_network"
It is a protocol which tries to find route from source to destination only on-demand...This type of protocols finds a route on demand by flooding the network with Route Request packets. The main disadvantages of such algorithms are:High latency time in route finding.Excessive flooding can lead to network clogging.
If you are talking strictly about routing, then layer 3 (the Network layer). There are some routing protocols, usually known as link-state routing protocols that are aware of network congestion problems and can re-route as necessary. Network congestion is not restricted to routing alone, however. At layer 4 (Transport Layer) there is a facility known as flow control, which can pause a sending network if the receiving network is too busy to accommodate all the packets.
Routers allow data packets to travel faster on a computer network. This is by determining the shortest and best route between the sending and receiving nodes.
Default Route
A brouter is a device .this brouter functions as both a bridge and a router. It can forward data between the networks serving lika a bridge, but can also route data to individual systems within a network...
Route packets
You would only need a default gateway address if you wanted to route packets outside your local area network.
A hop. :)