Using Network Watcher Next hop
- Navigate to the Azure portal by opening https://portal.azure.com
- Select All services, and in the top menu, type network watcher.
- Under Network diagnostic tools, select Next hop.
- In the settings blade, add the following values:
Resource group: Select the RG.
Virtual machine: Select a VM.
Network interface: This is selected automatically.
Source IP address: This is selected automatically as well.
Destination IP address: 8.8.8.8 - Select Next hop.
- You will see the following result. In this case, there is no next hop, because the connection is going straight to the internet:
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