Question What is hop2 and how can I find it?

[Biggy Cent]

I'm currently experiencing random ping spikes in-game and i'm trying to ping my hop2 ip address, what is that and how can i find it?

 

[bill001g]

Run tracert 8.8.8.8

Generally hop 2 is the first ISP router...assuming you only have 1 router in your house.

 

[Biggy Cent]

Run tracert 8.8.8.8

Generally hop 2 is the first ISP router...assuming you only have 1 router in your house.

Okay so it gave me like 10 different IP's. Looks like the 3rd one is my ISP. Would the 2nd one be the modem?

 

[kanewolf]

Okay so it gave me like 10 different IP's. Looks like the 3rd one is my ISP. Would the 2nd one be the modem?

Not typically. Modems don't have IP addresses. If you have two routers, then the 2nd one could be your modem/router combo.

 

[Biggy Cent]

Not typically. Modems don't have IP addresses. If you have two routers, then the 2nd one could be your modem/router combo.

I just have one router, so the 2nd one must be my ISP. Is there a program I can use to monitor the IP address throughout the day when I'm not home?

 

[bill001g]

You could run a continuous ping and pipe the results to a file. Someone had a trick to add timestamps but it has been years since I saw it.

 

[Biggy Cent]

You could run a continuous ping and pipe the results to a file. Someone had a trick to add timestamps but it has been years since I saw it.

how do I go about doing that

 

[SamirD]

I just have one router, so the 2nd one must be my ISP. Is there a program I can use to monitor the IP address throughout the day when I'm not home?

I use thinkbroadband's free monitors on all my isp accounts. They work really well.