Right Way to Find Connection Problem Using Traceroute or MTR Print

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Some alternative way to troubleshoot the connection problem is do the Traceroute (Windows) or MTR (Linux)
must do in two way
1. Traceroute/MTR from your point (your device) to VPS
2. Traceroute/MTR from VPS to your point (your device)
3. You can find your point/device IP using https://www.whatismyip.com/

With this method, you can figure out, which connection is broken, shows from Traceroute result

Windows (using command prompt):
1. Run CMD
2. Tracert <Destination IP> or Name

Windows (using WINMTR):
1. Download WINMTR from here
2. Run WINMTR
3. Type your VPS IP, then click start

Linux (using MTR)
1. Install MTR
"yum install mtr" or "apt-get install mtr"
2. Run "mtr <destination IP or name>"
For example "mtr google.com" (without quotes)


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