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What path does data take when connecting to a domain at my address? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I have some subdomains that go to my home address (I know I should put it through a VPS first but I'll get to that when I have time).

If I connect to example.domain.tld and DNS records point back to my own IP, where does that data go to reach back to my device?

Edit: thanks for the responses everyone

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[–] 3 points 2 months ago (4 children)

This is something you can easily do from the command terminal. For Windows, use Tracert. Linux and Mac, maybe even iPhone and Android have their own commands to run a trace route, too (I don't know them off the top of my head).

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    It's called "traceroute" on Linux and Mac because there was never a 8.3 filename limitation on them.

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