The Tracer : Advanced, yet simple-to-use networking utility for tracing IP addresses and viewing geographical information, featuring built-in tools for Whois and port scans
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.
Rapid setup and clean GUI
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.
Examine IP information thoroughly
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.
Run other useful IP tools
For each selected IP addresses you can view its position in a built-in map, provided that The Tracer can fetch geographical information. In addition, 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.
Evaluation and conclusion
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). All in all, The Tracer features intuitive options for helping users trace IP addresses.
Windows 7 64 bit / Windows 7 / Windows Vista 64 bit / Windows Vista / Windows XP / Windows 2000
The Tracer runs on
Windows 10/11
and is available under the
Freeware
license
— the installer is 697 KB.
We’ve catalogued it under
Networking.
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