Question : Traceroute

Please help me to figure out this question•The traceroute command gives you information about the route a packet takes from your host (you are currently logged in) to a remote host. However, if one logs into this remote host, different IP show up, why?  
Thanks,
O.B

Answer : Traceroute

Hi again offir1;

Here is a quick drawing that might help illustrate this example better.

Visio2000 diagram:  http://www.freyguy.com/Work/ExpertsExchange/EE-Traceroute-explanation.vsd

Or - GIF image in case you can't read Visio docs
http://www.freyguy.com/Work/ExpertsExchange/EE-Traceroute-explanation.gif

Hope that helps also.