What is DNS?

DNS trace is an easy way to check domain delegation (what name servers are authoritative)
without the use of command line (dig +trace domain.com). You can use a DNS check to see
where there are issues in the DNS hierarchy.

DNS trace recursively checks DNS resolution. The output shows you all the steps required to
resolve a domain starting at the root name servers. This is the backend process that happens
when you type a domain into your browser to root name servers and back. DNS trace is broken
up into multiple sections: root, TLD, and authoritative name servers; and then the DNS record
for that domain.

What is DNS Traceroute?

Using this DNS tool, you send a packet of data to an internet host, and it gives you back a result
for every hop your query makes in seconds. If your website has a slow response, using this tool
you can see where exactly it is the problem. Traceroute is a command line utility that measures
the speed and route data takes to a destination server. It works by sending several test packets of
data to a specified destination address, and records each intermediate router or link passed by the
data on it's journey.

What is DNS Geolocation?

GeoDNS looks at where a query comes from and returns a response that was predefined for that
location. Like a GPS, GeoDNS decides the best route to get from point A to point B, depending
on where point A is located. DNS Geolocation is the technique of finding the approximate
physical location of an internet connected device through an address and IP Geolocation API is
the availability of this technique in the form of an API.

Through a useful Internet tool called DNS geolocation lookup, you can track an IP address close
to someone's exact location, if they're communicating with you through the Internet...and if you
want or need to know where they really are.