The Tracer

The Tracer is an advanced networking utility that thoroughly traces web links to find out important information, such as associated IP addresses and domain names. It records all these details to be easily inspected by users.

Installing the tool is a fast and easy job. As for the interface, The Tracer adopts a clean window with a neatly organized structure, where all you have to do is input a URL and click a button to start the tracing.

This job may take a while, during which the PC may become less responsive to commands. The Tracer shows the IP address, domain name, round trip time and status for each hop, together with various details in the report panel, like total number of hops found, average and time port used for HTTP requests.

For each selected IP addresses you can view its position in a built-in map, provided that The Tracer can fetch geographical information. You can open any IP or domain in the web browser, view local network information (e.g. DNS server, APIPA activity status), run Whois, as well as scan a port range.

CPU and RAM usage was low during our tests. We have not come across any issues, since The Tracer did not hang, crash or pop up error messages. Its only downside is that it becomes less responsive when running a scan (it even takes a while to accept the command for stopping it). The Tracer features intuitive options for helping users trace IP addresses.