Need help interpreting my trace route results to an online game's server

[jared_dx_58]

Hi. I'm currently playing an online game and wanted to test my connection to the game's server Using cmd, i ran a trace route to the game's IP address. Results consistently contained 1 or 2 asterisks in line 10 of the trace route. Here are two samples of the typical result I get doing a trace route:

The command used was tracert -d 124.150.157.158

Sample 1:

Tracing route to 124.150.157.158

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms
2 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms
3 3 ms 3 ms 1 ms
4 2 ms 2 ms 2 ms
5 2 ms 2 ms 2 ms
6 2 ms 2 ms 1 ms
7 23 ms 23 ms 23 ms
8 56 ms 57 ms 56 ms
9 39 ms 24 ms 25 ms
10 * 60 ms 60 ms
11 59 ms 60 ms 59 ms
12 58 ms 58 ms 58 ms
13 59 ms 58 ms 59 ms
14 59 ms 59 ms 59 ms
15 59 ms 59 ms 62 ms
16 59 ms 59 ms 58 ms
17 58 ms 58 ms 58 ms

Sample 2:

Tracing route to 124.150.157.158

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms
2 4 ms 1 ms 1 ms
3 3 ms 1 ms 1 ms
4 3 ms 3 ms 3 ms
5 42 ms 2 ms 2 ms
6 1 ms 2 ms 1 ms
7 24 ms 25 ms 23 ms
8 56 ms 56 ms 56 ms
9 23 ms 23 ms 23 ms
10 59 ms 58 ms *
11 58 ms 58 ms 58 ms
12 71 ms 59 ms 58 ms
13 59 ms 58 ms 58 ms
14 59 ms 58 ms 58 ms
15 59 ms 60 ms 59 ms
16 58 ms 58 ms 59 ms
17 58 ms 58 ms 58 ms

Should i be alarmed at those asterisks that appear on line 10? its always 1 or 2 asterisks but not all three. Does this signify packet loss of some sort? If this is a problem, how would it be remedied? Thank you.

 

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Question from jared_dx_58 : "Need help interpreting trace route results for online gaming"

Hi. I'm currently playing an online game and wanted to test my connection to the game's server Using cmd, i ran a trace route to the game's IP address. Results consistently contained 1 or 2 asterisks in line 10 of the trace route. Here are two samples of the typical result I get doing a trace route:

The command used was tracert -d 124.150.157.158

Sample 1:

Tracing route to 124.150.157.158

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms
2 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms
3 3 ms 3 ms 1 ms
4 2 ms 2 ms 2 ms
5 2 ms 2 ms 2 ms
6 2 ms 2 ms 1 ms
7 23 ms 23 ms 23 ms
8 56 ms 57 ms 56 ms
9 39 ms 24 ms 25 ms
10 * 60 ms 60 ms
11 59 ms 60 ms 59 ms
12 58 ms 58 ms 58 ms
13 59 ms 58 ms 59 ms
14 59 ms 59 ms 59 ms
15 59 ms 59 ms 62 ms
16 59 ms 59 ms 58 ms
17 58 ms 58 ms 58 ms

Sample 2:

Tracing route to 124.150.157.158

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms
2 4 ms 1 ms 1 ms
3 3 ms 1 ms 1 ms
4 3 ms 3 ms 3 ms
5 42 ms 2 ms 2 ms
6 1 ms 2 ms 1 ms
7 24 ms 25 ms 23 ms
8 56 ms 56 ms 56 ms
9 23 ms 23 ms 23 ms
10 59 ms 58 ms *
11 58 ms 58 ms 58 ms
12 71 ms 59 ms 58 ms
13 59 ms 58 ms 58 ms
14 59 ms 58 ms 58 ms
15 59 ms 60 ms 59 ms
16 58 ms 58 ms 59 ms
17 58 ms 58 ms 58 ms

Should i be alarmed at those asterisks that appear on line 10? its always 1 or 2 asterisks but not all three. Does this signify packet loss of some sort? If this is a problem, how would it be remedied? Thank you.