For slightly more advanced users, this section provides a quick interface to a couple of common network tools (domain lookup and trace route).
Domain Lookup Toolookup tool" Domain lookup will return the IP address for whatever domain you type in to this location as well as basic information about the domain (from the DNS zone). If the domain you are looking up is not on the same server as your account, the information returned will be quite limited (just the IP address that the domain is using).
Traceroute lists the route your data would take between your computer and the domain that you type in. Each stop on the trip will list the response time (ping) from each server in milliseconds (ms). Lower numbers are better, high numbers mean your connection may be adversely affected. You may be able to get complete results from http://dnsstuff.com/.
The only problem with using a site like this is that the trace route is listed from their servers to the destination....