determining network segments between a source computer and a destination computer in a network, wherein the network segments include an Internet segment, a data center segment, and at least one intermediate segment between the Internet segment and the data center segment;

determining a first network device in the intermediate segment into which packets are being received from the source computer through the Internet segment;

receiving a first time-to-live (TTL) value associated with the packets received in the first network device destined for the destination computer from the source computer;

determining a second network device in the data center segment into which the packets are being received from the intermediate segment;

receiving a second TTL value associated with the packets received in the second network device;

determining a maximum TTL value for the packets as set by the source computer;

calculating a difference between the maximum TTL value as set by the source computer and the first TTL value to obtain a number of hops in the Internet segment;

calculating a difference between the first TTL value and the second TTL value to determine a number of hops in the intermediate segment; and

calculating a difference between the second TTL and a third TTL at the destination computer to determine a number of hops in the data center segment so that the number of hops in the Internet segment, intermediate segment, and data center segment are determined.