Network Path

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Overview

Network Path illustrates the route that network traffic follows from its origin to its destination. This provides network administrators with the capability to precisely identify the source of network problems, whether they’re internal or from an Internet Service Provider (ISP), or due to other issues such as misrouting. Each row signifies a path from a source to its destination, as depicted in the source and destination facet panel.

Note: Network Performance Monitoring must be enabled to use Network Path functionality.

The Network Path default view, sorting by Datacenter and Un-Grouped Destination

How it works

Datadog performs a traceroute at the host level to illustrate the packet’s journey and latency at each hop from a source to its destination. Each host runs its own traceroute, and the path shown is a visual representation of this list.

The following diagram depicts the typical flow of a network path from a source (Host) to its destination.

Diagram of how Network path works

Note: By default, Datadog executes a traceroute every five minutes.

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